[Heretic]

I really do think the entire case should have been thrown out to begin with. It was consensual sex between two people who were roughly the same age. I certainly don't encourage sex at twelve years old, but making it a literal crime is overreaching.

I think the statutory rape laws in general need to be rewritten. I understand that it can create a slippery slope argument either way, but if an eighteen year old has consensual sex with his/her sixteen year old partner, it shouldn't be a crime.