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France court convicts 51 men in Dominique Pelicot mass rape trial (www.jurist.org)

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The Vaucluse criminal court in Avignon, France convicted 51 men including the main defendant Dominique Pelicot in a rape trial on Thursday. The case sparks debates on adding the consent element to the current definition of rape under the French Criminal Code.

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