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mr_lebowski

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4. Prosecutors should've charged him with Statutory, then, it sounds like ...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Aug 3, 2018, 04:26 AM

Aug 2018

I mean, scenarios like this are kinda why the term 'statutory' ... exists.

This is presuming that the young lady confirmed that this was consensual (which seems like a given here), ergo ... a charge of outright 'rape', when she is old enough to consent to sex in the general sense (i.e. nobody questions two 17 year olds having sex with each other) ... was taking things further than the jury was comfortable with.

Assuming my presumption is correct, this doesn't seem entirely unreasonable.

Just MHO. I'm sure it won't be popular ...

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