The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 8 that rape qualifies as a “predicate offense” under the state law, allowing for suspects to be denied bail and held in pretrial detention.
The state’s highest court found that because rape involves the use of physical force, regardless of whether violence or coercion through nonphysical means is used against victims, the crime meets the pretrial detention threshold.
The ruling arises from the case of Alvin Campbell, who faces multiple charges for allegedly luring heavily intoxicated women into his vehicle by posing as a rideshare operator outside Boston-area bars and clubs and then raping them….