At first, I couldn't understand why the penalty was so much stiffer (no pun intended) if the victim was male versus female. (For a female victim, the sentence would have been 18 months.)
Then I found out that this is the third offense for the perp. I also found out that the ACLU is trying to use this case to claim that it is unconstitutional to forbid sex between an adult and a child as young as 13.
I sure hope this effort by the ACLU falls flat on its face.
And I hope that they waste a lot of money on the way down.