Rape
A woman wants her husband arrested on a rape charge. A master of disguise perpetuates a crime spree. To Yemana's delight, the city legalizes off-track betting.
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""Rape" deals with the touchy subject of spousal abuse, as Catherine Lindsay (Joyce Jameson) wants her husband Marvin (Michael Pataki) arrested for rape. Harris has designs on the attractive assistant DA (Linda Dano) defending the wife, while the husband spends his time in the cell wondering what he did wrong (Lindsay: "what are they trying to prove?" Yemana: "I don't know, why do they want to convert to the metric system?" Lindsay: "huh?" Yemana: "that's my point!"). Dietrich checks on a case where Duggan (Dick Balduzzi) was robbed in..."
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At the time of airing of this episode, New York law held it perfectly legal for a man to have non-consensual sex with his wife. The first New York conviction of a husband for raping his wife came three years after this episode aired. At the time, almost all US laws regarding rape defined the crime of rape as involuntary sexual intercourse by a man, with a woman "other than his wife". This definition specifically ruled out marital rape.
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A woman wants her husband arrested on a rape charge. A master of disguise perpetuates a crime spree. To Yemana's delight, the city legalizes off-track betting.