Tug McGroin
Senior
Time to stick foot in mouth...
From your own "source":
"In addition, Alaska statutory rape laws declare that anyone who is 18 years old or older who has sex with a person who is 16 or 17, or who is at least three years younger than the offender, can be charged with sexual abuse in the third degree. This is also a felony."
While it may be consensual, it is still a felony according to your "source"; a source that is likely erroneous.
With my foot in my mouth I still have the ability to ask you for the age of her boyfriend. Do you know? Is there a reference or link I can find this information? You seem to know the answer otherwise you wouldn’t have stated that the act was indeed a felony. My assumption was that A) he is 17 years old or younger B) there is less than 3 years difference in their ages and C) the commission of the sexual act did not meet the criteria of Alaska’s Statutory Rape laws. There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that her boyfriend has been charged with the felony of statutory rape.
I’m willing to retract my statement if you or anyone else can provide information to the contrary. Until such information becomes available I will kindly disregard your call to place foot in mouth.
Update:
(3) being 18 years of age or older, the offender engages in sexual penetration with a person who is under 16 years of age, and
3A the victim at the time of the offense is residing in the same household as the offender and the offender has authority over the victim; or
3B the offender occupies a position of authority in relation to the victim.
3b Sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree is an unclassified felony and is punishable as provided in AS 12.55.
http://www.moraloutrage.net/staticpages/in...php?page=Alaska
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folio.../toc/{@1}?10,15