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by devoply 2473 days ago
Taken logically some jurisdictions have legislation and legislators that allows for and perhaps it could be argued support rape according to other jurisdictions. Given this is the case how does such a rape supporting jurisdiction have any legal authority whatsoever to for instance compel another jurisdiction to turn over people guilty of other crimes say murder? And vice versa, according to the rape supporting jurisdiction how can one which supports imprisoning innocent people for things which are not criminal have any legal relationship to the other?
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VikingCoder 2473 days ago
Do you think that's a good enough reason for a jurisdiction to not make it illegal for an adult to have sex with a 16 year old?

Legitimately, what age do you think should be the limit in the jurisdiction you live in? Before you make any compromises. How old?

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AstralStorm 2473 days ago
There's no real age where you can put a cutoff. The prosecution though is allowed no discretion. Judge is neither.

Juries are supposed to use the very harsh letter of the law, no exceptions.

These laws are bad and should be reformulated to handle real life, which has corner cases (e.g. interstate romance between minors, what about it?) and where prosecution could cause more damage than it helps.

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VikingCoder 2472 days ago
You just completely ignored the roles of Attorneys General, District Attorneys, Governors who can pardon, Jury Nullification, judges who are not constrained by mandatory sentences... Probably more.

People deserve to have a clear law.

Everyone always hates thresholds. That's just a fact of life.

These laws are good. If you can't wait for someone to be legal, then you shouldn't be having sex with them in the first place. Find a different partner.

> prosecution could cause more damage than it helps

How about no. It's already incredibly difficult to convict someone of rape, because consent comes down to he-said / she-said. Keeping statutory rape on the books makes it much easier to convict people who went after children, at least.

PS, I am not a lawyer, or a child psychologist, and I highly doubt you are, either.

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