I have a friend who is reported to the illinois sex offender list. Before you gasp here is the story 17 year old boy starts dating 15year old girl who is lying about her age saying she is 17 also. 17year old boy finds new girlfriend and then 15year old girl has parents press statutory rape charges. Can someone please explain to me why it is fair that a persons life should be ruined for 15years because of this one incident. No one was raped no one was harmed and should we actually have to see proof of age before we sleep with someone.
Well here it is 6years later he now has 2 beautiful children a well paying job and a wonderful fiance. But heres the problem he has detectives checking where is living at all times, he can't move into the apartment builing he wants to and his job just implemented a new criteria in which if you are a sex offender you can't work there.
So because of a teenage romance breaking up it has come to him not being able to find a job to provide for his family and not living in the area where he feels would be best for his family.
Now i'm not saying that he didn't make a mistake the laws are set forth to protect us and our children but why should a person who was 17 at the time and his girlfriend was only 2years younger be punished at the same level as a rapist or a child abuser.
15years is a little extreme in this case mabey 5years would be more suitable. It ridiculous the way that our justice system works people make mistakes and it is ridiculous that your life can be ruined by a child who was not honest in the 1st place.
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