I am not sure about that. I do know that sex is happening in some form or another as young as the middle schools. I by no means agree with it either. I am just worried about the situations I posted. I don't want to see a life ruined due to one dumb mistake. I wish more parents knew what their children were doing. In the middle school in the town where I live we had a girl caught under the table giving her boyfriend oral sex. Both were in the 7th grade! Why they would do that there or be doing it at all is beyond my scope of thinking. We have a serious problem with judges who are letting repeat offenders out and it drives me crazy. I support Jessica's Law. I just worry that some will be jailed for stupid mistakes. We don't need to do that in the quest to get sex offenders. ~P~
Yup, I googled it. The original Jessica's Law is specific to those who molest a child under the age of 12. When I have heard O'Reilly talk about it, he has said the same thing.
I know what you mean about teenagers. The idea that a 17 year old who engaged in consensual sexual actvity with a 15 year old needs to be treated like a criminal trivializes real child molestation. (I imagine some number of FReepers would be on sex offender registries under this definition.)
http://jessicas-law.blogspot.com/