2006-12-31 11:25:02 · 14 answers · asked by hundun_p3rcent_real1st_b1tch 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If they get a court order to marry it is unlikely that he will be prosecuted. But compare http://snurl.com/girl13 (Maryland, no prosecution) with http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8716780/ (Nebraska, prosecution; out-of-state marriage).
A 3-year difference should not lead to prosecution; but it all depends on local politics. It scarcely serves the child's interests to incarcerate the father and make him register as a sex offender.
2006-12-31 11:38:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes, it's illegal. Of course he can go to jail. It’s a felony and he can be charged as an adult.
Arizona does not have an ‘age cushion’ in the law.
There’s a very good chance it will be reported, because most states legally REQUIRE that people such as doctors, teachers, etc, report a situation such as this.
And even if you marry (and in Arizona a 15-year-old cannot get married without parental consent and a court order)…technically, marrying after the fact does not change the fact that you weren’t married when you got pregnant, so he *could* still be prosecuted.
I’d highly suggest he talk to an attorney.
2006-12-31 11:42:16 · answer #2 · answered by kp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes he can,because in the state of arizona, I've read,the age of consent is 18,(which i disagree with),but yes,its considered rape,and he can go to jail for it.
2006-12-31 11:37:50 · answer #3 · answered by Ellie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. They are both minors. Besides what you now have here is a family why would you want to break up a new family. Wouldn't it be better to let him be a father rather than a criminal charged with a sex crime which will make it so he'll never get a job so he wouldn't even be able to pay child support. Calm down and accept it as just a part of life that no one planned for especially him.
2006-12-31 11:44:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, and the reason he goes to jail is so he can be raped by other prisoners. That sorta evens things up a bit.
2006-12-31 11:56:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's statutory rape. A paternity test on the child would prove it, so the girl's parents could decide to press charges against the boy even if the girl refused to testify.
2006-12-31 11:33:23 · answer #6 · answered by EmilyRose 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why would you want to ruin his life by sending him to jail?
Apparently, the girl liked him and allowed him to get some!
Leave the boy alone and do what you can to help him pay the girl the child support; he cannot support his child from inside a jail cell!
Use your head and think!
Don't make everyone suffer just because you're angry!
2006-12-31 11:31:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, it is considered rape because at 17, he is consenting and at 14 she is a minor.
2006-12-31 11:28:33 · answer #8 · answered by New 4 Lulu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the girl is pregnate , this means she has this power from God because the state cannot make a girl become pregnant , and it means the boy musn't go to jail even if the law says he can . I don't know American laws , I live in Europe .If he violated her, perhaps he will go.But I graduated only the faculty of literature , I didn't gradute Law.
If we can become pregnant at 14 , it is from God , it is not from law.It means a girl is a woman at 14 , when God made a baby for her.
2006-12-31 11:35:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
I live in Phoenix and it sounds pretty illegal to me.
2006-12-31 11:29:57 · answer #10 · answered by Smokey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋