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Originally Posted by Thor
So its rape at 15, and fully legal at 16?
At 15 she can't handle the sexual decision for that consensual encounter so its statutory rape. At 16 she can handle the sexual decision and its just gross and disgusting what he did.
Again I´m not stating a line shouldn't be picked, I just argue the courts need to have the power of deciding on a case by case basis rather than it being cut and dry as you seem to be advocating here.
What do you think the judge should have done here btw, what ultimately do you think is the proper punishment?
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It should be illegal for a 39 year old to sleep with anyone under 18.
I think the courts should have the power to decide ambiguous cases involving issues in the 16-22 year old range. Outside of that, it should be a case by case on sentencing but not on whether it was a crime.
I think he recieved proper punishment. I don't think keeping him in jail is necessarily the answer as it just sucks up resources for someone who doesn't seem likely to reoffend. So that combined with his sex offender status andprobation is probably good enough to properly deter others, protect the public, and punish him.