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To: newzjunkey

If there is no mitigation for sex with children under age 14 because it's understood they can't rationally make a decision under that age, how can they (kids under 14) be prosecuted (and convicted) under the same statute, indicating they knew right from wrong?


28 posted on 12/07/2006 8:10:17 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (What's the one elected position Ted Kennedy has never held? Designated Driver.)
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To: VeniVidiVici
Exactly. Minors cannot legally give consent to having sex. That is the basis of statutory rape laws.

If minors cannot give consent to their own sex act, how can two minors be guilty of a crime of having sex with each other?

Such a law makes no sense.

The sane thing here is to have a JUVENILE level legal approach to such cases.

40 posted on 12/07/2006 8:54:23 AM PST by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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