[aristeides]

The sky actually is falling. Yesterday, in Limon, the Supreme Court vacated the sentence of someone who had homosexually molested a 14-year-old boy, on the basis of Lawrence. So much for Lawrence just being about ending the criminal prosecution of sex between consenting adults.

[dogbyte12]

The sky actually is falling. Yesterday, in Limon, the Supreme Court vacated the sentence of someone who had homosexually molested a 14-year-old boy, on the basis of Lawrence. So much for Lawrence just being about ending the criminal prosecution of sex between consenting adults.

How about the rest of the story though Aristiedes. The molestor was a mentally delayed man of the age of 18 years old and 1 week. If the victim was a 14 year old girl, he would have received 15 months in prison, but Kansas differentiated between molesting a girl, or molesting a boy, and sentenced him to 17 years instead of the 15 months. The Supreme Court in no way said it was illegal, or unconstitutional to write laws sentencing everybody to 17 years in jail for statutory rape, but that the sentences must be equal.

Again, if Kansas wants to give everybody a 17 year sentence for this offense, they are free to do so.

[tdadams]

Leaving out some details aren't you?

[cherrycapital]

It is contemptible for the state to prosecute an 18 year old for having consensual relations with a 14 year old. But all the Limon decision did was say the sentences for heterosexual and homosexual offenses had to be equal. Is there a problem with that?

[PMCarey]

Yesterday, in Limon, the Supreme Court vacated the sentence of someone who had homosexually molested a 14-year-old boy, on the basis of Lawrence.

Not exactly true. The court reduced the sentence since the penalty for homosexual sex with a minor was stricter than heterosexual sex with a minor. The ACLU was arguing that the penalty for both actions must be the same.

[codercpc]

Yesterday, in Limon, the Supreme Court vacated the sentence of someone who had homosexually molested a 14-year-old boy, on the basis of Lawrence.

I don't know the whole story, but from what I understand is the the 18 year old who molested a 14 year old will not get off scott free. What they said was that the 18 year old should have been prosecuted the same as he would have been had the minor been a female. They didn't overturn his crime, only the sentence because it was different than it would have been under the "statutory rape" law.

[HennepinPrisoner]

The sky actually is falling. Yesterday, in Limon, the Supreme Court vacated the sentence of someone who had homosexually molested a 14-year-old boy, on the basis of Lawrence.

That's because if his victim had been female, he would have been set free from jail 21 months ago.