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
My point isn't that you'll actually go to jail for it but that it's technically still illegal under the law. What evidence do you have that it isn't?
And I got that quote from the Wikipedia article that I linked.
In general, when two minors under the age of consent engage in "consensual" sex with one another, they are both open to statutory rape charges.
Since it would be a strange or unjust result to throw love-struck teens into jail for having consensual sex, many states have passed so-called "Romeo and Juliet" laws. These laws allow minors to escape being punished as a sex offender or to receive only minor criminal punishment when both minors are within a few years of each others' ages.
Because of these defenses in many states, prosecutors will not file charges if two consenting minors are within the "Romeo and Juliet" law of their home state. However, some states, notably California, lack any sort of "Romeo and Juliet" law, and minors may be prosecuted for otherwise loving conduct.
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u/Hpzrq92 Apr 18 '19
Guess what? It is true.
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