17 year old gets 10 years for having sex with 15 year old
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17 year old gets 10 years for having sex with 15 year old
http://www.cnn.com/
I cannot get the link to the news video, but it is on the headlines just right of the mian photo
This prosecutor should be hanged for stupidity, the worst crime of them all. A 17 year old mino having consentual sex with a 15 year old minor is worth 10 years?
If he were 18 and an adult, then I could see the sentence and would even support it. If the sex was not consentual, I would also fully support it. But this, unless they are enforcing old adultery laws (which if so and I think they should since it is still on the books in many jurisdictions, both should be in the can), go prosecute the real crimes
I cannot get the link to the news video, but it is on the headlines just right of the mian photo
This prosecutor should be hanged for stupidity, the worst crime of them all. A 17 year old mino having consentual sex with a 15 year old minor is worth 10 years?
If he were 18 and an adult, then I could see the sentence and would even support it. If the sex was not consentual, I would also fully support it. But this, unless they are enforcing old adultery laws (which if so and I think they should since it is still on the books in many jurisdictions, both should be in the can), go prosecute the real crimes
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Derek,
You would be amazed at some of the ludicrous laws on the books. I believe in Georgia I read where adultery is considered a misdemeanor. I am not arguing whether its morally wrong or right but I do not believe it is the governments right to legislate that morality.
I agree this case was truly amazing and the sentence was ridiculously harsh.
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You would be amazed at some of the ludicrous laws on the books. I believe in Georgia I read where adultery is considered a misdemeanor. I am not arguing whether its morally wrong or right but I do not believe it is the governments right to legislate that morality.
I agree this case was truly amazing and the sentence was ridiculously harsh.
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Thats a load of crap. I doubt he would have been prosecuted in this country. 10 years for what should be a misdemeanor at most? Even if he had been 18 it's still stupid. If he had like abducted her or something yeah, but consenting sex? Age is a number, as long as both parties are physically mature and know what they are consenting to, sex should not be illegal.
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I don't condone teen and pre-marital sex. I know what he did was very stupid. This is just ridiculous and a travesty. If I recall, it was the girl who started the sex, not him. Also, around that time at the same school he went, a female teacher was caught having sex with a minor and she got off with a slap on the wrist. I hope he gets a full pardon.
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JQ Public wrote:No matter how much we try to say that the crime was a 17 year old having sex with a 15 year old...we all know he was put in jail b/c he was a 17 year old black kid having consensual sex with a 15 year old white girl. Sad
Considering the location, I thought the same thing at first. But the foreman of the jury was black and said that she felt she had to go by the letter of the law, no matter how ridiculous the law was.
Now, I think the reason very well may be the parents of the girl, racially driven, digging up some law that's never even been used and going to the prosecutor with it.
If he doesn't receive a full pardon from the governor, then the honorable Mr. Purdue isn't fit to hold the office.
This is just another example of why you can't legislate morality.
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No matter how much we try to say that the crime was a 17 year old having sex with a 15 year old...we all know he was put in jail b/c he was a 17 year old black kid having consensual sex with a 15 year old white girl. Sad
Can we stop bringing race into the picture. I am tired when race is brought up everytime a black goes to jail
This is just a case of a total moron being in the position of prosecutor, and a jury who lacks all common sense
Can we stop bringing race into the picture. I am tired when race is brought up everytime a black goes to jail
This is just a case of a total moron being in the position of prosecutor, and a jury who lacks all common sense
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17 and 15 year olds can consent to sex. This is nothing but cultural madness. For tens of thousands of years people of that age range have copulated, produced children, and raised them. So whats the big deal?
15 year olds fought in wars, sailed ships, conquered foreign lands, wrote novels, and led nations.
17 year olds did so more frequently.
Our division of adulthood and childhood on the basis of 18/21 is absurd.
15 year olds fought in wars, sailed ships, conquered foreign lands, wrote novels, and led nations.
17 year olds did so more frequently.
Our division of adulthood and childhood on the basis of 18/21 is absurd.
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If Jewish tradition of those days was followed, and there's no reason why it would not have been, Mary was 13 and Joseph 18 when they became betrothed. He would have just finished his apprenticeship in Carpentry. In olden times, a girl was considered a woman and thus marriageable as soon as she became capable of bearing children-that being a function of the short life expectancies then. That was true even in this Country into the 19th Century.
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Aslkahuna wrote:If Jewish tradition of those days was followed, and there's no reason why it would not have been, Mary was 13 and Joseph 18 when they became betrothed. He would have just finished his apprenticeship in Carpentry. In olden times, a girl was considered a woman and thus marriageable as soon as she became capable of bearing children-that being a function of the short life expectancies then. That was true even in this Country into the 19th Century.
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It was more of an agrarian society, so the need for labor was really great. It was common to have large families because the need for labor, especially in the farm. Also, many babies died at birth. The birthrate and fertility rate were very high. It even carried well into the Industrial Revolution.
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