Comments on: Making statutory rape laws sensible http://apublicdefender.com/2007/05/03/making-statutory-rape-laws-sensible/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: leslie http://apublicdefender.com/2007/05/03/making-statutory-rape-laws-sensible/comment-page-1/#comment-70915 leslie Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:52:02 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/05/03/making-statutory-rape-laws-sensible/#comment-70915 I understand why the laws were first put into place. But now they just seem to be a way for any girl to get revenge. The case i know about personally the boy was 19 and the girl was 2 months short of her 16th birhtday. Her parents knew all about it the boy used to spend the night at her house. It wasn't untill he broke up with her several months later that statutory rape charges were filed. The girl told someone that she did it because she was upset that he broke up with her. Well he is now serving time in prison and will have to register on the sex offendry registry and remain there for 10 years. Yeah something needs to change. Seems to me girls have all the power and when they are unhappy can cry rape. As for the registry there needs to be a way to distunguish between what this boy did and the creeps who prey on our children. Anyway just my opinion. I understand why the laws were first put into place. But now they just seem to be a way for any girl to get revenge. The case i know about personally the boy was 19 and the girl was 2 months short of her 16th birhtday. Her parents knew all about it the boy used to spend the night at her house. It wasn’t untill he broke up with her several months later that statutory rape charges were filed. The girl told someone that she did it because she was upset that he broke up with her. Well he is now serving time in prison and will have to register on the sex offendry registry and remain there for 10 years. Yeah something needs to change. Seems to me girls have all the power and when they are unhappy can cry rape. As for the registry there needs to be a way to distunguish between what this boy did and the creeps who prey on our children. Anyway just my opinion.

]]> By: Windypundit http://apublicdefender.com/2007/05/03/making-statutory-rape-laws-sensible/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Windypundit Fri, 04 May 2007 02:39:58 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/05/03/making-statutory-rape-laws-sensible/#comment-895 This problem would also be alleviated with my "Reverse Truth in Sentencing" proposal, in which I proposed that a conviction shouldn't count as a felony on your record unless they actually make you do a full year. It seems reasonable that sex offenders shouldn't have to register if they don't serve felony time. How can the state claim that this guy has to register as a danger to the community when they don't even lock him up? (I know it'll never happen, but I still think it's a good idea.) This problem would also be alleviated with my “Reverse Truth in Sentencing” proposal, in which I proposed that a conviction shouldn’t count as a felony on your record unless they actually make you do a full year.

It seems reasonable that sex offenders shouldn’t have to register if they don’t serve felony time. How can the state claim that this guy has to register as a danger to the community when they don’t even lock him up?

(I know it’ll never happen, but I still think it’s a good idea.)

]]> By: Miranda http://apublicdefender.com/2007/05/03/making-statutory-rape-laws-sensible/comment-page-1/#comment-874 Miranda Thu, 03 May 2007 14:24:39 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/05/03/making-statutory-rape-laws-sensible/#comment-874 It is absolutely a step in the right direction to change the gap to 3 years. I am totally in favor of the change, but it certainly doesn't solve the problem. Do kids in high school really understand that it's okay for a senior to have sex with a sophomore but not a freshman? (I suppose the response is that we don't want freshmen having sex at all, but good luck with that one). I have an autumn birthday, so I was always younger than the rest of my class. In my case, I could have been a sophomore, dating a senior and still have been more than 3 years younger. Bottom line - we're still going to have these kids having to register as sex offenders, albeit fewer of them. It is absolutely a step in the right direction to change the gap to 3 years. I am totally in favor of the change, but it certainly doesn’t solve the problem. Do kids in high school really understand that it’s okay for a senior to have sex with a sophomore but not a freshman? (I suppose the response is that we don’t want freshmen having sex at all, but good luck with that one). I have an autumn birthday, so I was always younger than the rest of my class. In my case, I could have been a sophomore, dating a senior and still have been more than 3 years younger. Bottom line – we’re still going to have these kids having to register as sex offenders, albeit fewer of them.

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