First-degree rape is a severe category of rape that involves non-consensual sexual penetration, typically committed by force, violence, or threats of force or violence accompanied by apparent power of execution, regardless of the age of the person committing the crime. The definition of first-degree rape varies from state to state, as do the penalties and the category of crime it falls under. In Washington state, first-degree rape involves forcible compulsion and may occur with the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon, kidnapping, infliction of serious bodily injury to the alleged victim, or burglary. It is a class A felony, which allows for up to life imprisonment. In Louisiana, first-degree rape is a rape committed upon a person sixty-five years of age or older or where the anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse is. In Oklahoma, first-degree rape is rape committed by a person over eighteen (18) years of age upon a person under fourteen (14) years of age; or rape committed upon a person incapable through mental illness or any unsoundness of mind of giving legal consent regardless of the age of the person committing the crime; or rape accomplished with any person by means of force, violence, or threats of force or violence accompanied by apparent power of execution regardless of the age of the person committing the crime; or rape by instrumentation resulting in bodily harm is rape by instrumentation in the first degree regardless of the age of the person committing the crime; or rape by instrumentation committed upon a person under fourteen (14) years of age. It is a felony punishable by death or imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections, for a term of not less than five (5) years, life or life without parole.