Half a century ago, marital rape wasn’t a crime anywhere in North America. That would change by the late 1970s, particularly when 21-year-old John Rideout of Salem, Oregon was accused by his wife, ...

No callers are identified. No conversations are recorded. No phone records are kept. Now speak clearly and when you are finished say: 'Go ahead'.

A new book details the landmark 1978 spousal rape case of John and Greta Rideout in Salem. John Rideout was the first man in the U.S. charged with raping his wife while living together, though he was ...

Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle To Make Spousal Rape a Crime, by Sarah Weinman, Ecco, 320 pages, $32 A woman shows up at the police station and says she would like to ...