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An Idaho lawmaker accused of rape by a 19-year-old legislative intern has resigned after an ethics committee found he should be formally censured.

A legislative ethics committee says an Idaho lawmaker who was accused of rape by a 19-year-old intern should be formally censured and suspended from office.

The subliminal messaging on the television, in social media, and in stores that objectifies women surrounds us all, numbing us to its reality. It is ubiquitous in our culture and impossible to escape. The belief that women are safe in this city is delusional.”

If convicted, Rodriguez faces life behind bars with the possibility of parole.

If convicted, Rodriguez faces mandatory life sentences with the possibility of parole on both the murder and felony murder charges.

The officers found no guns of any kind.

Zephania Scott Martinez waived a preliminary hearing in Natrona County District Court earlier this month.

The affidavit states the woman told police that she thought Bryan was high on methamphetamine at the time of the alleged assault.

Court documents allege that he also raped and choked a woman in Texas in 1991.

He faced a maximum of 29 years in prison.