eli5: Why is self-defense against sexual assault criminalized? (Law)

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I genuinely wonder what goes in the mind of a judge who says underage girls who resort to killing their abusers should deserve long-ass jailtimes. What else do they think they should’ve done, keep being abused by them? or possess the fine ability to only impair someone’s physical power without really killing them? and why is hard to make a law that makes it okay to execute rapists?

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Self defense is only a defense if the act was necessary at the moment and only if minimal necessary force was used. If it was deemed that the victim used excessive force or that they acted beyond the scope of an assault, then they are responsible for committing a crime.

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