Statutory Rape Laws

[Despain]

Alright. I just had the most epic argument about this at work, and we couldn't come to an agreement.

Basically the argument was is it statutory rape if the girl is 16, and the guy is 18, but the age of consent is 16 (in the state of Georgia, anyway... I'm well aware it varies by state). It all started out because I had sex with a girl who turned out to be 16 (I'm 18, relax!), and I had no knowledge of it, because I really didn't care.

Would this be considered statutory rape? Let's be hypothetical and say I did know she was 16. I just want to know if it'd be considered statutory rape in this circumstance. :/

[EternityEnd]

Didn't you just say the age of consent is 16? I'm not sure I understand what you're asking lol

[Despain]

Didn't you just say the age of consent is 16? I'm not sure I understand what you're asking lol

Let me explain further. The age of consent is 16, but you're still considered a minor until you're 17.

[Vandole]

you said the age of consent in your state is 16. you're fine.

[EternityEnd]

Wiki

The phrase statutory rape is a term used in some legal jurisdictions to describe consensual sexual relations that occur when one participant is below the age required to legally consent to the behavior.

Unless I'm misunderstanding you, you answered your own question.

[Priran]

...no

and georgia has something called a romeo and juliet law. which means, in your case, that your girlfriend could be 14 or 15 and as long as you were no more than 3 years older than her, it would be a misdemeanor with a max sentence of 1 year (instead of 20 for statutory rape)

[Meian]

Wait, it is 16 in my state? If I had only known earlier...

[Alishe]

Meet bitches at partys under assumed names, best if you don't know the rest of the people there either. If it's a good party, there will be tons of people there. No one will figure out you wern't invited, they just assume you are friends of their friends.

[Despain]

...no

and georgia has something called a romeo and juliet law. which means, in your case, that your girlfriend could be 14 or 15 and as long as you were no more than 3 years older than her, it would be a misdemeanor with a max sentence of 1 year (instead of 20 for statutory rape)

This is what I was looking for, thank you.

I remember back in high school we went over this very topic, and we had a long debate over the Romeo and Juliet law.

But today our argument was basically that even though she can consent to sex at 16, it'd still be illegal to have sex with someone who is 18 years old, because defined by Georgia law, anyone above the age of 17 isn't considered a minor anymore, which to me made no sense, and caused me to make a big deal about it at work. Was very fun hearing some of their responses though (one guy admitted to sleeping with a thirteen year old. He's 23, with two kids).

Basically what it boiled down to is that you could consent to sex with anyone else who isn't a minor, which to me seemed silly. :/

[Senoska]

one guy admitted to sleeping with a thirteen year old. He's 23, with two kids

Reporting in, boss!

Nah, I kid, that's fucking disgusting. I've always wondered this myself. I usually avoid chicks under 18 but lets say I was 20 (I am) and the age of consent is 16, does that mean I could fuck a 16-17 year old?

[Alishe]

Reporting in, boss!

Nah, I kid, that's fucking disgusting. I've always wondered this myself. I usually avoid chicks under 18 but lets say I was 20 (I am) and the age of consent is 16, does that mean I could fuck a 16-17 year old?

Not only can you, you should. If you don't now, you'll regret it when you're 40 and still want to.

[Despain]

Reporting in, boss!

Nah, I kid, that's fucking disgusting. I've always wondered this myself. I usually avoid chicks under 18 but lets say I was 20 (I am) and the age of consent is 16, does that mean I could fuck a 16-17 year old?

We started arguing over a 21 year old sleeping with a 16 year old, and everyone but me agreed it was statutory rape >.>; It makes no sense for the age of consent to be 16 if you can't really even consent to sex without it being labeled as statutory.

I'm a "shoot first, ask questions later" kinda guy. So if she looks old enough, fine by me!

[Alishe]

I been hanging out at some little league games over the summer, and 13-14 year old girls don't seem to be as attractive anymore. Must be something in the water.

[Nesssie]

I just finished a 6 month Grand Jury duty and we indicted a lot of people based on the following statute:

18-1508A.Sexual battery of a minor child sixteen or seventeen years of age -- Penalty. (1) It is a felony for any person at least five (5) years of age older than a minor child who is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age, who, with the intent of arousing, appealing to or gratifying the lust, passion, or sexual desires of such person, minor child, or third party, to:
(a) Commit any lewd or lascivious act or acts upon or with the body or any part or any member thereof of such minor child including, but not limited to, genital-genital contact, oral-genital contact, anal-genital contact, oral-anal contact, manual-anal contact or manual-genital contact, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex, or who shall involve such minor child in any act of explicit sexual conduct as defined in section 18-1507; or
(b) Solicit such minor child to participate in a sexual act; or
(c) Cause or have sexual contact with such minor child, not amounting to lewd conduct as defined in paragraph (a) of this subsection; or
(d) Make any photographic or electronic recording of such minor child.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (b) of this section, "solicit" means any written, verbal or physical act which is intended to communicate to such minor child the desire of the actor or third party to participate in a sexual act or participate in sexual foreplay, by the means of sexual contact, photographing or observing such minor child engaged in sexual contact.
(3) For the purpose of this section, "sexual contact" means any physical contact between such minor child and any person or between such minor children which is caused by the actor, or the actor causing such minor child to have self contact.
(4) Any person guilty of a violation of the provisions of subsection (1)(a) of this section shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a period not to exceed life.
(5) Any person guilty of a violation of the provisions of subsections (1)(b), (1)(c), or (1)(d) of this section shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a period not to exceed twenty-five (25) years.

90% of the cases we heard were some guy in their 20s/30s having sex with 12-16 yr old girls. All of them indicted even if the girls were against testifying because they were in "love." The only reason they were indicted in the first place was the fact that the guys usually don't deny having sex with minors. We only needed probable cause and admitting to the act doesn't help.

[Cream Soda]

Reporting in, boss!

Nah, I kid, that's fucking disgusting. I've always wondered this myself. I usually avoid chicks under 18 but lets say I was 20 (I am) and the age of consent is 16, does that mean I could fuck a 16-17 year old?
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The fk ar eyou and what did you do w/ the pedomaster?




Who gives a shit about an age of consent? Don't use your real name.

/thread

[Colenzo]

The fk ar eyou and what did you do w/ the pedomaster?




Who gives a shit about an age of consent? Don't use your real name.

/thread

lock this baby up, its a wrap

[Senoska]

The fk ar eyou and what did you do w/ the pedomaster?

Who gives a shit about an age of consent? Don't use your real name.

/thread

My pedoness is very much limited to 2d.

[Colenzo]

My pedoness is very much limited to 2d.

thats not what you said about my sister when we was playin TF2 a while back

[Null]

This person doesn't care if its rape, they just want to announce to the world that they fucked a 16 year old.

[Despain]

lock this baby up, its a wrap

Haha. This made my morning.