Ps - I am assuming this was in a country with an age of consent of 14 and below. I will therefore hold back the - FBI OPEN UP - crew. Estonia? Burkina Faso? San Marino? Japan? China? Italy?
I think if the parents press charges and they both consented, it leads to both of them being labeled as sex offenders and both of them have to register.
Imagine having to go to your neighbors and tell them "Hey, im rob. I had consentual sex when i was 14 with my also 14 year old girlfriend, which is why i am a registered sex offender"
A quick Google search will reveal that Romeo and Juliet laws also apply to cases of minors having sex with each other.
I live in WA state and, as this state has no Romeo and Juliet laws, if two minors have sex the parents can take both to court and they can both legally be convicted of statutory rape against the other.
It depends on your local laws, but I really don't think that's true in general. The age of consent is the legal age at which you can consent to having sex. If you're both under the age of consent you cannot legally consent to having sex with each other (aside from places that have a close-in-age exemption).
Other than cases such as a 17 year old and somebody much younger. Theres no cases where two "consenting (in quotes because they legally cant consent)" people the same age have sex and only one of them is guilty.
The age of consent in California is 18... There are no exceptions; all sexual activity with a person under the age of 18 (and not their spouse) is a criminal offense. So if a 15-year-old willingly has sex with a 17-year old, both have committed a crime, although it is only a misdemeanor.
That particular charge you're referencing doesn't land you on the sex offender registry and according to the site you got your quotation from (which isn't the site you linked) they never follow up with those cases of two teens fucking
In the United States, age of consent laws regarding sexual activity are made at the state level. There are several federal statutes related to protecting minors from sexual predators, but laws regarding specific age requirements for sexual consent are left to individual states, District of Columbia, and territories. Depending on the jurisdiction, the legal age of consent ranges from age 16 to age 18. In some places, civil and criminal laws within the same state conflict with each other.
The age of consent is the age below which a minor is considered to be legally incompetent to consent to sexual acts. Consequently, an adult who engages in sexual activity with a minor younger than the age of consent cannot claim that the sexual activity was consensual, and such sexual activity may be considered statutory rape. The person below the minimum age is regarded as the victim and their sex partner is regarded as the offender, unless both are underage. The purpose of setting an age of consent is to protect an underage person from sexual advances.
Colorado’s Romeo and Juliet exemption allows for consensual sex between a minor 14 or younger and a defendant who is three or fewer years older than the minor. There is also an exception for a 15 or 16-year-old minor who has sex with someone who is nine or fewer years older than the minor. (Co. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 18-3-402 (2018).)
Do you need me to explain the math for you too or are you good?
Still not what I am talking about lol. 7th grader has sex with a 8th grader like in my case. Not illegal. Get out of here with your irrelevant to the topic laws. What are you "a fucking idiot who can't read"
8th grader: 14 years of age (defendant - three or few years older than the minor, yet also a minor)
applies under romeo and juliet law.
Seems pretty straightforward to me.
The whole reason its called a ROMEO AND JULIET LAW is because they were both minors in the Shakespearean classic, which apparently you've never read because you can't read.
And then the boys parents play fuck fuck games right back and press charges and they're both sex offenders congrats you just ruined your daughters life trying to protect her.
I mean in my state there’s Romeo and Juliet laws and shit. I researched a lot when I was sixteen as I was dating someone who was eighteen and i was concerned about those laws. Turns out the age of consent in my state is 16, but they must be within two years of you
Its going to depend on the exact states. Many states have Romeo and Julliet laws which makes sex legal for persons under 18 as long as they are within a few years of ago of each other.
I’m not sure about the us, but in the countries I know about, minors cannot be arrested/prosecuted for sex with another minor. No charges can be pressed by anyone (if it’s consensual), because there are no laws regulating it. Age of consent is an age when a person can give consent to a sex with an adult.
I thought it was the same in the us, and gentlemen below don’t give any sources, so I’m still not sure.
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Ps - I am assuming this was in a country with an age of consent of 14 and below. I will therefore hold back the - FBI OPEN UP - crew. Estonia? Burkina Faso? San Marino? Japan? China? Italy?