Anonymous on the case of lesbian girl charged with statutory rape.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

69. I think you have at least two overgeneralisations and an implicit error there.

If we are going to charge her, then in the spirit of fairness, we need to charge every high school senior (male or female) that dates an underclassman (male or female) and force them to register as a sex offender their whole life.

Try "every 18-year-old that has sex with a 14-year-old".

And I believe (although I'm not certain) that Hunt was offered a plea deal that would involve not having to register as a sex offender.

I think that registering at least some form of legal charge against most 18-year-olds who knowingly has sex with a 14-year-old is probably a good idea.

There should be a little room for prosecutorial discretion. But I have no reason to suppose that Hunt should receive the benefit of such discretion.