Spanish PM Apologizes for Sexual Consent Law Reform Loophole.

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Spanish PM Apologizes for Sexual Consent Law Reform Loophole.
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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez apologised to victims of sexual abuse over a sexual violence law that included a loophole enabling at least 978 imprisoned offenders to get their sentences reduced or ended early. The "Only Yes Is Yes" law, which arose partly as a result of public outrage over the so-called Wolf Pack case, centred on consent and was meant to resolve cases where defendants were convicted of the lesser crime of sexual abuse because victims had not resisted out of fear.

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