They are not accused of having intercourse with the girl, although prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter said in opening statements that one photograph appears to show semen on the girl's body and DNA analysis of semen on a blanket she was lying on was a match for Mays.

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The coroner who examined Elizabeth's tortured body reported that she had a genital defect that rendered her incapable of having standard intercourse.

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At any age it was entirely acceptable and indeed much more the rule than the exception for a man to have intercourse with a woman without having to concern himself with whether conception might occur.

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