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Teens facing sex charges for butt slaps
UPI ^ | July 22, 2007

Posted on 07/23/2007 11:47:17 AM PDT by beaversmom

MCMINNVILLE, Ore., July 22 (UPI) -- Two 13-year-old Oregon boys are facing serious sex charges for allegedly slapping female classmates' bottoms as a form of horseplay.

Police arrested Cory Mashburn and Ryan Cornelison of McMinnville and if convicted could be permanently marked as sex offenders, The Portland Oregonian said Sunday. The teens also could spend as long as 10 years in juvenile detention if found guilty.

While the boys' parents have opposed such a harsh penalty, McMinnville District Aattorney Bradley Berry said such youthful acts could have longstanding consequences for the alleged victims.

"These cases are devastating to children," he said. "They are life-altering cases."

Interviews with the boys' fellow students found other teens were engaging in similar behavior at the time and two of the female victims have since recanted their statements.

The Oregonian said the boys are due in court on Aug. 20 to answer to all charges stemming from the February event.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: chatroom; discipline; duplicate; education; zerotolerance
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To: sschaloc
Lot more here than “just horseplay” .....Involved more than slapping a bottom -

Well don't be shy, tell us exactly what's involved here besides bottom slapping and horseplay.

And while you're at it, tell us what you think the appropriate punishment should be. 10 years in JD?

101 posted on 07/23/2007 12:37:21 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo (There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
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To: HOTTIEBOY

I doubt the boy who slapped me on the school bus 30+ years ago remembers, but I haven’t forgotten the embarrassment I felt at the time. It’s a minor thing in the grand scheme of things, but it’s very humiliating for some of us.


102 posted on 07/23/2007 12:37:33 PM PDT by skr (Car bombs and IEDs are the exclamation marks for the latest Democrats' talking points.)
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To: beaversmom
"These cases are devastating to children," he said. "They are life-altering cases."

Only if the adults around them act like ninnies.

103 posted on 07/23/2007 12:37:36 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: HOTTIEBOY
We would run around school popping the girls on the rear. Some would turn around and chase us and beat the crap out of us.

Ah, Colleen Williams. She was FAST, too. What a great butt. I saw her a couple years back, too, and damn if she doesn't still look great - a runners body and a playboy playmates rack. YUM! She's still married, though, and has 3 kids.

104 posted on 07/23/2007 12:38:52 PM PDT by Clam Digger
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To: lysie

“It could have been my brother. ;-)”

LOL!!!


105 posted on 07/23/2007 12:39:30 PM PDT by imskylark
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To: skr

Here’s some free advice, get over it.


106 posted on 07/23/2007 12:40:06 PM PDT by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: stuartcr
Hothouse flowers. This is ridiculous. What ever happened to perspective? A D.A. shall nifong and destroy 2 boys lives because he's afraid a girl will be having nightmares about it at 35 years of age? Or is he afraid that NOW will mock him and he could lose votes? SH**, by 16 she probably won't even remember the name of the boy serving time for it!
107 posted on 07/23/2007 12:40:40 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: CitizenUSA

Um, because there’s nothing coarse about kids playing grab ass. It’s a natural stage in human development—that’s also why it’s no big deal.
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I found it a miserable and humiliating experience to be on the receiving end of this game. These boys do need a lesson in keeping their hands to themselves - suspension, apologies, some unpleasant chores - but ten years is ridiculous, and it’s not going to happen, either.

Mrs VS


108 posted on 07/23/2007 12:40:44 PM PDT by VeritatisSplendor
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To: HOTTIEBOY
Some would turn around and chase us and beat the crap out of us.

And at 13, that's still a very real threat.

109 posted on 07/23/2007 12:40:58 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Mr. Mojo

No in Maryland (?) a judge just released a child RAPIST (many years, same girl) because even though he speaks perfect Eng, he came from Liberia where they speak some weird language. and some shrick said he should have an interpretor. She said it was taking to long. The people they hired would quit one after an hour. Apparently, he scared them to death.


110 posted on 07/23/2007 12:41:03 PM PDT by marty60
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To: VeritatisSplendor

You know what worked pretty well?? Getting kicked in the jumblies. You learned to give those girls a wide berth.


111 posted on 07/23/2007 12:42:23 PM PDT by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: Sherman Logan

Even at that it was a few years before I learned that women, even if they like you, HATE being patted on the behind.


112 posted on 07/23/2007 12:43:13 PM PDT by ichabod1 ("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
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To: Cyber Liberty
They shoulda known better. Hang ‘em high

Yep. ABout 10 years in Juvy ought to do it. (eyes rolling)

113 posted on 07/23/2007 12:44:21 PM PDT by subterfuge (Today, Tolerance =greatest virtue;Hypocrisy=worst character defect; Discrimination =worst atrocity)
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To: marty60

That case was dismissed for “speedy trial” issues, probably because the courts are choked up with stupid cases like this where 13 yo boys are charged with felonies for playing grab-ass.


114 posted on 07/23/2007 12:44:45 PM PDT by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: skr

A few days ago I saw two boys and two girls walking down the street. The boys kept kicking the girls in the rear, would go on talking, then stop a few paces later and kick the girls again. The girls seemed to think this was normal.

That’s when I knew I was old. I felt like pulling the boys over and reading them the old fogey riot act about how to treat a young lady.


115 posted on 07/23/2007 12:45:06 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: rednesss

I’m a small and formerly timid person. It took me until my twenties and karate classes to muster up that kind of nerve, but aggressive retribution was satisfying. Girls need to learn it young.

Mrs VS


116 posted on 07/23/2007 12:46:04 PM PDT by VeritatisSplendor
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To: beaversmom

It’s the WOB. “War On Boys.”


117 posted on 07/23/2007 12:46:22 PM PDT by subterfuge (Today, Tolerance =greatest virtue;Hypocrisy=worst character defect; Discrimination =worst atrocity)
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To: Gil4
You may want to read again

I did...& corrected myself in post 40....

118 posted on 07/23/2007 12:46:26 PM PDT by txdoda (Voters to Gov't .......Re: post 9-11 Border Security....... ""The results are Unacceptable."")
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To: beaversmom

The sex offender list was almost a good idea, a long time ago. Now it’s a joke. Soon all males will be put on the list at birth.


119 posted on 07/23/2007 12:46:33 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.)
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To: VeritatisSplendor

Well good for you.


120 posted on 07/23/2007 12:47:28 PM PDT by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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