2006-09-13 00:36:32 · 9 answers · asked by jarynth4 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You're thinking about the age of the minor... but what about the age of the offender?
2006-09-13 00:54:22 · update #1
No.
2006-09-13 00:37:49 · answer #1 · answered by dh1977 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, statutory rape is simply rape by statute, or rape by law. A minor can not legally give consent. Sex without consent is rape. Since no legal consent can be given, it is rape. The law varies by state, another law that should have national standards, as the age of consent varies.
2006-09-13 00:46:52 · answer #2 · answered by doggiebike 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. If the victim is under the physical age, then it's statuatory. However, if the victim is mentally handicapped, then they are by law unable to consent. So that becomes rape in whatever degree they choose to prosecute in, but it's not statuatory. Statuatory is just physical age.
2006-09-13 00:45:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When it comes to sex, most men have the mental age of a 12 year old; so do they all geot off?
2006-09-13 01:13:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is just plain retarded.
It doesn't matter, who's mental age you are speaking of!
2006-09-13 00:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. Your age is your age, the law is the law.
2006-09-13 00:44:07 · answer #6 · answered by **KELLEY** 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No such thing as mental age.
2006-09-13 00:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by eagfan5 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, very much.
2006-09-13 00:40:51 · answer #8 · answered by eitemad_eitemad 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no but it should
2006-09-13 00:44:39 · answer #9 · answered by Enigma 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋