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Sex Offender Hysteria |
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one more thing... |
| Date Posted: |
05/05/2005 |
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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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the NC sex offender website lists whether the offender is considered a "predator" or not, along with name, address, and what he was convicted for. It also lists all the places the offender has reported he's lived.
It's pretty thorough, so you know who's living where and why they were convicted.
Here's the link:
http://sbi.jus.state.nc.us/cgi-binHAHT/hsrun.hse/SOR/SOR/SOR.htx;start=HS_SORSearchFrames
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