OK, I get that Md law says that a 14-16 year-old girl can give consent if her partner no more than 4 years older than she. But does she have to know his age for her to be able to give her consent or is it a case she says ‘yes’ to two guys and it’s just the luck or lack thereof of the guy’s birthday that makes him a rapist?
I understand this only covers the crime of statutory rape and in this case a rape is being alleged. One defense against rape is saying that it was consensual. Now is a jury going to take the word of the 14 year-old victim, or the words of two invaders from a distant land who happened to be her classmates?
This is the People's Republic of Maryland. I expect the jury to take the word of whomever they consider the most downtrodden. To me, that would be the 9th grade rape victim, of course. To liberals, that's the illegal alien rapist. Getting 12 votes to convict will be hard.