Even though it's still illegal since she's underage, if it's consentual, then I guess the 16 year old wasn't as big of a monster as we all thought. The kid will still need to take responsibility for his actions, and I hope the court finds him guilty.
The reality is kids do stupid things, and peer pressure is one of the worst kinds of pressures out there. We were all kids once. I'm sure we've all had at least some experiences where we've done some pretty stupid things that we knew was bad, but we still did it because we were egged on by our peers.
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