[Prime Choice]

He was 18, she was 15, the sex was consensual. Ten years in prison for that?

The law is the law. 18 is defined as the age of majority (legally an adult), and 15 is defined as a minor. It is illegal for an adult to have sex with a minor, consensual or no. The legislature set minimum mandatory sentencing and the judge had to follow it.

Bottom line: the law is functioning as it was designed to function. And I don't know about anyone else in this thread, but if that 15-year-old girl had been my daughter, I sure as hell wouldn't want the 18-year-old boy to walk.

But this hardly belongs in breaking news...

I agree, but I didn't start this thread.

[Rifleman]

Yep, and in 1859 I suppose that you would have reported those escaped slaves to the slave catchers, because the law is the law.

The girl's dad should have kicked his butt and grounded his daughter for a year. Ten years in the slammer is stupid, evil, and cruel.