17 years old is not a "child" - he can practically join the military already. What's the age of consent in the state of Utah?
I'll say. He has a drivers license and needs to shave. His boyhood is over.
Checking on that right now. One sec...
Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-401.2
§ 76-5-401.2. Unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17 year old
(1) For purposes of this section "minor" means a person who is 16 years of age or older, but younger than 18 years of age, at the time the sexual conduct described in this section occurred.
(2) A person commits unlawful sexual conduct with a minor if, under circumstances not amounting to rape, in violation of Section 76-5-402, object rape, in violation of Section 76-5-402.2, forcible sodomy, in violation of Section 76-5-403, or aggravated sexual assault, in violation of Section 76-5-405, the actor who is ten or more years older than the minor at the time of the sexual conduct:
(a) has sexual intercourse with the minor;
(b) engages in any sexual act with the minor involving the genitals of one person and the mouth or anus of another person, regardless of the sex of either participant; or
(c) causes the penetration, however slight, of the genital or anal opening of the minor by any foreign object, substance, instrument, or device, including a part of the human body, with the intent to cause substantial emotional or bodily pain to any person or with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, regardless of the sex of any participant.
(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.
Better yet...those Mormons down in the Utah valleys with 20 wives many of whom have a couple of 14-16 yr old wives...
How come they dont shag them out of them thar hills er valleys...?
Age 17 can join the military WITH parental consent. Did the teacher get his parent's consent before the act?
When my dad was 17, he was a tailgunner in a B-29 over North Korea.