There's more to it than this, but in a nutshell, my friend/co-worker is being charged with statuatory rape, but she told him that she was 18... can they still prosecute him?
2007-04-04 21:50:48 · 13 answers · asked by fieroturbo 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Hey "anddawww", don't call my friend a sick freak. He's a good man, and one of our country's brave and dedicated members of the military.
It's people like you that need to open their mind and stop being prejudgemental. If she told him she wasn't of age, then he wouldn't have had sex with her.
The only reason he's in this situation was because a girl lied to him. So that makes him a "sick freak" ?
2007-04-04 23:04:55 · update #1
She's 17, he just turned 21.
2007-04-05 03:02:52 · update #2
The crime is rape but no longer statutory since the girl admitted to be 18 already and the suspect can still be charged.
2007-04-04 21:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it depends on the state. I heard about a similar thing that happened in Montana. The age of consent is 16, but the girl was 15. She told him she was 16 and the law there said that if he had reason to believe she was 16, then legally, she consented. It's a strange deal, and I doubt most states operate the same way.
2007-04-05 05:10:47 · answer #2 · answered by ppaper.wingss 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe so. I have a friend whose son is in the same situation. Females lie in order to have their way and then the man ends up paying for consensual sex. However, if they had both waited until marriage none of this would've happened.
2007-04-05 04:55:33 · answer #3 · answered by mrsbasemore 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh yeah, he's toast. That is an often tried defense and often fails. In court, the Prosecutor will have this kid dressed up to look like a five year old Little Bo Peep. Your buddy needs photos of her when she actually looked old enough to bed.
2007-04-05 05:42:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does she have a history of this sort of behavior in the past? That's one way your friend can fight this. If it's a repeat performance which can be proven, then his attorney may have a good case against her.
2007-04-05 04:54:43 · answer #5 · answered by gone 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess this really lies on how old your friend is . If your friend is 20 then well its awful hes being charged but if your friend is 35 then he deserves what he's getting.
2007-04-05 07:43:08 · answer #6 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. the government expects us to check id before we do the nasty. i know because a friend of mine was arrested and charged. spent 2 years on probation. but that arrest will stick to him forever. i told him she was a stank.
2007-04-05 05:00:03 · answer #7 · answered by whitelily 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it really depends on if u can prove it or not if u can then that is a different story they can use it as eveidence against her otherwise then i am not sure unless she has previous behavior patterns which also have to b proven....
2007-04-05 13:56:34 · answer #8 · answered by Sierra E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. hope he took pictures showing what she looked like when he picked her up.
2007-04-05 05:02:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's sad that girls do that and the law only looks at the adult as the bad person.
2007-04-05 05:14:14 · answer #10 · answered by justwonderingwhatever 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋