(Riccardo De Luca/Associated Press)Italy's justice minister has requested an investigation into whether a judge rightfully acquitted a man of a sexual assault charge because the woman did not scream. A judge in Turin in northern Italy tossed the case last month, deciding that the woman's reaction was too weak to justify a sexual assault charge, ANSA reported. The woman only said, “Stop it” and “Enough” without crying out or calling for help. Mara Carfagna, who was a minister under former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, said the decision “sends the wrong message,” the Guardian reported. The old law, written in 1936 under Benito Mussolini, classified rape as a crime against public morality.

Source: Washington Post March 26, 2017 12:22 UTC