Reply #64: A true story

[pipoman]

Several years ago while I was doing some debt collection I came across a 24 year old who, when he was 17 was dating a 15 year old in his home town. They ultimately had sex and a baby was conceived..turns out the child was conceived less than 2 months from the girl turning 16 (age of consent), the boy had turned 18 one month before the conception. The boy was charged and convicted of statutory rape and required to register as a sex offender indefinitely. Fast forward 6 years. The boy received his bachelors degree, the girl an associates degree, the two married when the girl turned 18 and they now have a second child. The male still has to register as a sex offender and carries that stigma as well as not being able to get as good of job or live in certain distances of schools, etc.

Just because the law is there doesn't make the response reasonable.