A Kansas woman is taking matters into her own hands after she was unable to persuade a prosecutor to bring a rape charge against the man she accused of strangling and slapping her during sex.
Madison Smith, 22, is convening a citizen grand jury to consider a rape charge, report the Washington Post and the McPherson Sentinel.
Smith is relying on a Kansas law originally used in the 1800s by citizens who wanted to enforce temperance laws against saloonkeepers, according to the Washington Post. More recently, the law has been used to prosecute abortion providers and owners of adult bookstores.
