TIL that in 1988, in the US state of Georgia, a man named James Moseley was convicted of performing consensual oral sex on his wife, and sentenced to 5 years in prison (he served 1.5)
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Here's an article about it from 1993: https://wapo.st/2Jh2MfI He was going through a contentious divorce, during which his wife sued him for assault; he was found innocent, but during his testimony he unthinkingly admitted they had consensual oral sex, so he was convicted of that
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That's just insane, 1988 is not that long ago -- I was alive in 1988! I was even a sentient person in 1988. Jeez
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Replying to @juliagalef
Many people were convicted of witchcraft, and served lengthy sentences, in the US around the same time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse#Children's_allegations …
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Were they convicted of *witchcraft* or of abuse?
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I’m sorry, you are correct, the convictions were for (almost certainly imaginary) sexual abuse. However, witchcraft was a major theme in the trials, and seems to have been the de facto accusation.
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