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In reply to the discussion: Kaitlyn Hunt's mother under attack by bloggers who say 'Free Kate' is all lies [View all]roughrider101
(35 posts)181. What would you respond if I said
1)And the vast majority of those cases are not prosecuted. It's not fair to prosecute this one and ignore all the others.
Yes they are. They are prosecuted all the time. In fact cases where the girl is between 14 and 16 and the man is between 18 and 20 make up the majority of statutory rape prosecutions.
Data source: Federal Bureau of Investigation. National Incident-Based Reporting System Master Files for the years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 [machine-readable data files].
Can you provide data that shows this is false, and the prosecution is unusual in the case of an 18 and 14 year old?
2) It appears that the 14-year-old's fundy parents are pursuing this case because of their bigotry.
What do you base this on?
I dont know the parents. I assume you do not know them either.
What do you base their 'Fundiness' on? I'm an Atheist and not exactly Prudence McPurity myself, but ya know what I'd probably be pretty upset if an 18 year old was fingering my 14 year old in the school bathroom....So if you're going to make accusations about them, at least have something to back it up other than conjecture. Either that or we might as well start accusing the Hunt parents of being racists. Why not?
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Kaitlyn Hunt's mother under attack by bloggers who say 'Free Kate' is all lies [View all]
shawn703
May 2013
OP
The whole thing stinks. If there is smoke then there is fire. I still think it has
southernyankeebelle
May 2013
#1
Well I really am not following it to closely. I just hope the girl doesn't go to jail and they
southernyankeebelle
May 2013
#49
I don't think so. They probably wouldn't have warned the older one more than once first....
Honeycombe8
May 2013
#7
if you're referring to Jerry Seinfeld his minor was over the age of consent
magical thyme
May 2013
#17
When sex between two kids is referred to as "lewd & lascivious", I stop reading & dismiss
pacalo
May 2013
#3
The law is the law. The 18 year old was asked more than once to leave the child alone....
Honeycombe8
May 2013
#5
I'm not about to defend the sneaking out at night; it's a parent's nightmare for the reasons
pacalo
May 2013
#15
I think it's about time to state the obvious. Romeo and Juliet are not actually people.
LisaL
May 2013
#104
How would her life be destroyed by a plea deal that included no jail time and no sex offender
LisaL
May 2013
#115
Then by your logic, a 20-year-old hooking up with a 14-year-old would be okay?
NaturalHigh
May 2013
#130
And of course people indignantly deny that there's any *hint* of bias at work.
nomorenomore08
May 2013
#21
No actual stats, but I can think of worse cases than that where nothing ever happened to the guy.
nomorenomore08
May 2013
#23
No, I'm putting my own interpretation to a somewhat ambiguous situation.
nomorenomore08
May 2013
#34
If you trust the word of Christian fundamentalists who think Kaitlyn "made their daughter gay"
nomorenomore08
May 2013
#135
at my high school, one of the girls in my class was having a relationship with a teacher,
HiPointDem
May 2013
#35
FYI...one blogger leading this charge about all this being a lie is a known far-right winger
davidn3600
May 2013
#37
18 and 14 is not child molestation...especially when it was just turned 18 and almost 15.
alphafemale
May 2013
#40
Never mind the fact that that is the only station--the only reporter even, that they will talk
ScreamingMeemie
May 2013
#68
How well did you listen to your parents when they told you to stay away from someone?
we can do it
May 2013
#159
I don't see any evidence that parents of a 14 year old didn't try to control their child.
LisaL
May 2013
#60
It's their child, not yours. These people are following the law. They are fully within their rights
LisaL
May 2013
#96
The problem is Kate picked up the 14 year old at night without the girls parents knowledge
dkf
May 2013
#152
Now there's a charming euphemism for "an adult having sex with a child".
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2013
#84
What vast majority of states? And how many years difference are we talking about in this
LisaL
May 2013
#113
Frankly, I don't care if people know what it is like to be 18 or not.
AnalystInParadise
May 2013
#162
High school seniors dont get arrested for having relationships with freshmen
roughrider101
May 2013
#136