Sorry Matt – we’re picking on your state today.
Only in Utah could they conceive of a way to make a 13-year-old girl a sex offender AND victim for the same act!
Under Utah’s statutory rape laws, consensual sex between a 13-year-old girl and her 12-year-old boyfriend means that she both raped him and was raped by him, statutorily speaking. I’ll be the first to say that 13 and 12 is too young to have sex. However, it’s ridiculous to criminalize this sort of thing.
Reminds me of the story of the 15-year-old girl arrested on child pornography charges because she had nude pictures OF HERSELF on her computer.
Thoughts?
The new Kansas
Looks as if Utah is becoming the next Kansas for Luddite-like, moronic legislation.
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Matthew P. Barnson