Prof. Goodwin Presents on Statutory Rape Law at WI Law Review Symposium

Professor Michele Goodwin presented her forthcoming article on the limits of statutory rape law at the Wisconsin Law Review Symposium, which honored Professor Neil Komesar, the founder of the "Comparative Institutional Analysis" framework and also included presentations by Bill Eskridge, Edward Rubin, Wendy Wagner, and Victoria Nourse. Goodwin's presentation analyzed statutory rape laws as they have been applied to consensual adolescent relationships. She noted that prosecutorial discretion in enforcing statutory rape laws create "legally untenable, absurd results that frequently impose legal and extra-legal burdens" on convicted minors. Goodwin's article will be published in the April 2013 edition of the Wisconsin Law Review.