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Hmmm...well I found several links but unfortunatley none of them were postable here. Do a search you'll find them.
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Instead of a sex license or simply raising or lowering the age of consent, I believe that society should overhaul this entire category of legislation. I don't disput the original intention of trying to protect young people; however, I do disput its implementations.
If I was going to change this law I would alter it so that a conviction would require proof that a exploitive and harmful relationship/encounter existed. I would also increase the young person's input into the process. Basically, I think an arbitrary number should have little importance, while the actual circumstances of the case should act as the crux of any prosecution. Many of you argued that the system has discretion built into, and I agree to an extent, but I think it needs more leeway. Maybe keep the age of consent, but make it so that jurors must determine that the younger person experienced some kind of tangible harm (including emotional damage) from the relationship/encounter before they could convict on statutory rape. As it is now, basically it's is the younger person x age or below, and is the older person y age and above, if so you must convict. If they changed the burden of proof to show harm instead of basing it simply on age, I'd support raising the Age of Consent to 18.Comment
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