Tedesche@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoFormer Louisiana mayor sentenced to 90 days over rape of 16-year-old boywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFormer Louisiana mayor sentenced to 90 days over rape of 16-year-old boywww.theguardian.comTedesche@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWait. She was 44 and he was 16. How TF was that “a couple of months away from not being a crime”?
minus-squarepiranhaconda@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoAge of legal consent isn’t 18 across the whole US, it’s 17 in Louisiana. Pretty sure 16 in some states?
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s 16 in Canada, but the law isn’t just about a hard number, she would be convicted of rape because of her position of authority and age.
Wait. She was 44 and he was 16. How TF was that “a couple of months away from not being a crime”?
Age of legal consent isn’t 18 across the whole US, it’s 17 in Louisiana. Pretty sure 16 in some states?
It’s 16 in Canada, but the law isn’t just about a hard number, she would be convicted of rape because of her position of authority and age.