[Yaelle]

I agree, as long as the law makes a clearer distinction between statutory 'rape' and child molestation.

Nope. Make there no distinction. I don't care if the girl is in love with the adult male (or vice versa with the genders). We really do not want statutory rape to be going on either. We need to protect our young people and "good" teachers who "fall in love" with children will think 2x about sex with them if the penalty is death.

[brownsfan]

"Nope. Make there no distinction."

An 18 year old who has sex with a 17 year old is guilty of stautory rape. You want to kill someone in that case?

[ccmay]

Nope. Make there no distinction. I don't care if the girl is in love with the adult male (or vice versa with the genders).

Well, if this were the standard, most of us wouldn't be here, because our ancestors would all have been killed. This includes my wife, whose grandmother was 15 and grandfather 18 when they married. They were happily married for over 50 years and have dozens of descendants.

I am in favor of the death penalty for real child molesters, but your proposal is idiotic moral hysteria.

-ccm

[zendari]

Nope. Make there no distinction. I don't care if the girl is in love with the adult male (or vice versa with the genders). We really do not want statutory rape to be going on either. We need to protect our young people and "good" teachers who "fall in love" with children will think 2x about sex with them if the penalty is death.

I simply cannot agree with that. What these teachers did was wrong, but it was with clearly consenting students.

The crime doesnt even come close to meriting the death penalty.