Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:00 pm
I think there needs to be discretion in sentencing, based upon all the circumstances.
Statutory rape, consensual, should not be harshly punished, especially when the kids are close in age. In fact, I don't think it should be prosecuted.
Violent assault (rape is a crime of anger and assault, not lust) should get twenty years.
Sometimes there are grey areas in between, such as when both parties are drunk and consent may not be possible.
Statutory rape, consensual, should not be harshly punished, especially when the kids are close in age. In fact, I don't think it should be prosecuted.
Violent assault (rape is a crime of anger and assault, not lust) should get twenty years.
Sometimes there are grey areas in between, such as when both parties are drunk and consent may not be possible.