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And the defendant is also someone son's, husband, father, brother, etc.It's someone's daughter.unless its YOUR daughter lolStates with age of consent at 16:Chadstroma said:Sleeping with a 16 year old is enough for me to put you away for decades.7. A complaint is simply a list of allegations amounting to evidence which the state believes provides probable cause for the defendant to be charged with a crime. What is stated in the complaint are supposed facts that have not been subject to any sort of confrontation or refutation, whether by cross-examination or otherwise. In other words, when you see a complaint the alleged facts should be taken with a grain of salt. Here, we have no idea as to the credibility of the speaker providing the police with this hearsay statement and are not privy to the context of which the statement may have been made. Instead, a more reliable source of facts on this case would have been the "factual basis" provided by either the State or the defendant (which the other side confirmed) when the plea was taken. I have not seen any media reports providing a verbatim account of what the factual basis was for Jared's guilty plea. To your point, I think it's safe to call Jared a sick pig, but it's somewhat of a stretch to say he'd sleep with a pre-pubescent child or that he should be imprisoned for decades.I would agree except that the complaint states his request was 'the younger the better'. Murder is a higher crime than any sexual assualt even on a minor. Should he get the death penalty? No, though that would feel right but for the legal system that would be out of place. I certainly would not shed a tear if he got shanked in prison and bled out on the shower floor after being abused- I have no sympathy for someone like him. NONE. And the 'younger the better' makes the actual age of the victims a matter of opportunity in my mind so I am not too worried about them being 16 or 17. He is still a sick pig.Zow said:6. I'd note that Jared has not been charged with sleeping with a six year old and, from what I can gather, has not even been charged with attempting or soliciting sex with a 6 year old. He had sex with 16 and 17 year olds - suggest that he's a hebephile or ephebophile. He's also been charged with possessing child pornography. Nothing indicates that that he produced any porn or tried to sleep with a small child. He's committed bad and disgusting crimes, but those suggesting he should get the death penalty or that what he did is worse than murdering two people in cold blood are irrational.
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Connecticut
Delaware (if partner is younger than 30)
District of Columbia
Georgia
Hawaii
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Countries with age of consent 16 or younger:
Canada
the entire Caribbean
most of South America
most of Asia (minus the middle east muslim countries)
every single country in Europe except for Cyprus, Ireland, Malta, Turkey, and Vatican City.
Chadstroma, I realize you probably have a young daughter and that is why your opinion is so strong. However, legally there is nothing wrong with having sex with a 16 year old for the majority of the US (30 states) and most every other country in the world.
Interestingly the US consent laws came about by women's movements around the turn of the century (1900) with the primary intent to abolish prostitution, not to protect poor 16 year old Sally who was not emotionally mature enough to have sex with older Billy.
I have no problem with Jared paying for sex with 16 and 17 year olds if they were of legal age in the state that the act occurred (Our prostitution laws are as stupid as our age of consent laws* in my opinion). His paying for sex with anyone under 16 is wrong, and the filming of children and teenagers and collecting child porn are disgusting and he deserves whatever punishment is doled out by his fellow inmates.
*I believe there should be a standard age of consent nationwide.
People always want to be tough on crime until it's them or their family members that get in trouble. Then it's a "corrupt", "unfair", or "crazy" system that doesn't understand that they are just good people who made a mistake.