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The End of a Police Roundtable Makes Some Portland Kinksters Nervous

“Stone appealed, and won a mixed verdict. Appeals Court Judge Robyn Ridler Aoyagi noted that the Legislature offered three instances in which strangulation wasn’t a crime: in medicine, dentistry and religious practices. But sexual play? Not mentioned. She threw out the assault conviction but let strangulation stand. The conclusion of Portland criminal defense lawyer Rankin Johnson: “Under [State v.] Stone, BDSM is clearly illegal.” https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/04/05/the-end-of-a-police-roundtable-makes-some-portland-kinksters-nervous/

See NCSF’s Consent Legal Cases for the text of Oregon v Stone.