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Sex Offender Hysteria |
| Message Name: |
Some laws make a distinction |
| Date Posted: |
05/05/2005 |
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if you can't see the particular and peculiar status of people who sexually attack children in our society, and can't understand why one such attack should result in them being caged forever, then i can't understand what YOU don't understand.. we are not TALKING about the 18-year old who has sex with is 16 year old girlfriend.. yes, the laws need to be changed to deal more leniently with THAT type of offense..it is the PEDOPHILES who attack LITTLE CHILDREN- prepubescent, innocent, LITTLE CHILDREN-5, 6, 7, 8 years old..that we're talking about.. THOSE are the ones where we as a society need to lock the cage and throw away the key.. for LIFE...NO APPEALS, NO SECOND CHANCES..NO "REHABILITATION"..simply gone from our presence for the rest of their natural lives.. and, as i said earlier, if they kill the child, the death penalty should be AUTOMATIC... |
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Here in North Carolina, the 18-year-old boy who gets his 16-year-old girlfriend pregnant would not be charged (as I read the law) for two reasons:
16 is the age of consent in NC (unless you're having sex with a teacher)
The law allows for a 4-year age difference for statuatory rape offenses. I think a 15 year-old and a 13-year-old would not be busted for statuatory offenses.. but there may be other charges that apply. (It's been a while since I read the law, but I remember a case where a 13-year-old's statuatory rape charges against a 10-year-old were dropped, even though he was convicted for sodomy and forcible rape).
Clearly an 18+ and a 13-or-under would be against the law... and those are the ones the law is most concerned about...
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