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COMMENTS:
No, in most countries like Canada for example the age of consent is 14.
An 18 & 17 year old are so close in age it doesnt matter.
by ABC on Wed Jul 13, 05 1:47pm
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No, it's ridiculous.
NO WAY!
by mojo on Wed Jul 13, 05 2:08pm
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The law is the law. If the guy KNEW her age then all they had to do is wait one more year at most. If she lies to him, the punishment should be very minor, depends on the case and the court's decision.
That is one flaw of this law. But if we lowered the age, the same can be said for that age too. In Canada what if one person is 14 and one is 13 and they choose to have sex? It's still the same issue.
Besides, lowering the age of consent only makes it more dangerous. It STILL lets a 40-something yr old have sex with a teenager if they want to. I don't believe that should go on. People can wait, that's all u have to do.
You have to wait with driving, with drinking beer, and yes sex with adults. If they're 17, whats the problem waiting till your birthday? The whole law doesn't need to be change for that ONE case.
I did it. Of course where I come from there is a little leeway people that are 17 are said to have ‘carnal knowledge’ and thus are exempt for statutory rape laws.
actually, the law of consent varies by state. 17 is legal in most states, i think?? in this case, if she lied to him, then he should not be punished.
Lock up that guy from Good Charlotte. He's 26 and dating Hilary Duff!
consent law is screwed up. if the girl lies, then why should the guy be punished at all?
US is not a place that you want to have sex with anyone near 18.
by LCD on Wed Jul 13, 05 4:28pm
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Cletus, did you pull this from the stories that just occurred here in Georgia, about the football players, one high-school and one college, who both did the same thing? The high-school kid went to prison for forty years, with the jury taking the extraordinary measure of making a joint statement to the press to the effect that they didn't want to convict him, but the letter of the law left them with no other option. The college kid got probation, and everyone in his hometown, including the "victim", turned out to welcome him home. The entire legal system is "changing and growing", according to a lawyer friend of mine, so things such as this are expected. Scary, eh?
ABC, whyfor you say that in clear cyberspace? Now you'll probably get an influx of pedos.
The law should state punishment only if one person is a minor, the other is adult and the age difference is greater than x amount of years (where x=2???).
Fortunately for me, Cletus is legal! :)
Minors should be carded for sex. If they have a fake I.d. and consented to sex then the fault is with them.
I'm not sure about other states, but in Iowa there's like a three-year 'grace period' of sorts in that situation (i.e. if you're 18, you can legally fuck a 15-year-old). In Iowa, 16 is legal as well.
Truth: I never heard of that story till now, to be honest lol. Mags: You know it baby ;-)
It's legal here in Florida.
here in Australia .. the department of community development ( who would deal with it) would not bother with prosecution as the age of the person being the victim would probably be legal by the time it got to court.
"The law should state punishment only if one person is a minor, the other is adult and the age difference is greater than x amount of years (where x=2???).
Fortunately for me, Cletus is legal! :)
by magdalenasdollar on Jul 13, 2005"
Actually, that IS the case now in most US states. Cletus isn't the first one to realize the idiocy of thhe matter, you know.
There's a thing, call the Romeo and Juliet... thingy... where i'm from, it makes it so if they're like 3 or less years apart, the punishment is much lower
His punishment should be having to listen to her afterwards.
I'm thinking that even if he did know and even if her parents brought charges against him he would get at the worst a slap on the wrist--unless the girl is mentally disabled--most statutory rapes that are procecuted are for more extreme cases like a 22 year old man and a 16 yr old girl--the court considers the amount of age difference.
In a lot of states, Iowa included, there's a grace period of sorts, saying that if you're within X-amount of years of the partner's age it isn't statutory rape.
In Iowa, 16 is the legal age of full consent, but I think there's like a three-year grace period under that, i.e. a 16-year-old can fuck a 13-year-old legally.
Dani_dysfunk, someone has to say it: you're kind of ignorant. Seek counseling.
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