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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a DD and DS.  The girl bears some responsibility here. Yes, she is only 14.  But at that age she knows right from wrong.  She's 14, not 7.  She lied about her age, and went on an app that is not meant for underage kids.  I think girls who do this type of thing should also be punished some how, like doing community service.  Poor guy's life is now ruined.[/quote]

I agree.

And she deliberated represented herself as an older teen.

Physically and behavior wise there is virtually no difference between a 14 year old high school student and a 17 year old high school student (females)

They are much more indistiguishable in most instances than boys of the same age spread.

She needs to be punished and he should be taken off the sex offender registry.[/quote]

A 14 year old is a child. It does not matter if he or she looks older or acts older or even lies about his or her age. The law takes into account that 14 year olds might do these things and therefore makes it illegal for adults to have sex with them.[b] Our society protects children whom we deem too young to consent to having sex with adults. That's why it is called statutory rape. It is rape because the statute says it is. [/b]

Our legislators have voted for these laws because they believe that is what the people they represent want. Different states have different laws. If you would like the state involved here to change their laws, and you are a resident of the state, write to them and ask them to change the law. 
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Again, it's arbitrary.  In MD, a 14 yr old can legally consent, and it's not considered statutory rape if the boy is 4 yrs older or less - so the boy could be 18, a legal adult.  Why the disparity in state laws?  Is a 14 yr old in MD any more mature than a 14 yr old in a different state?[/quote]

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