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Jackie Speier: “I am introducing a bill today that will basically say no longer can a consensual relationship between a training…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2013
I am introducing a bill today that will basically say no longer can a consensual relationship between a training instructor and a trainee be used as a defense for the acts of the training instructor.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Speier announces legislation to eliminate consent as a defense in instructor-trainee relationships.

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