True, but better terminology would still help ensure proper punishments.
Take statutory rape, it doesn’t distinguish enough.
If some 30 year old person ties down a fighting 5 year old and… straight to the gallows. If a 18.5 year old has consenual sex with a 17.9 year old, the gallows seem a bit extreme. But they are both statutory rape technically. Better terminology would make it easier to assign even harsher penalties than are already assigned for the base case. And they could remove some of the wiggle room it gives judges.
The law here doesn’t allow for statutory rape charges for fewer than 2 years here. Anyway, regardless, off topic, but I don’t think the minors want to be tortured or eaten, so there’s that.
True, but better terminology would still help ensure proper punishments. Take statutory rape, it doesn’t distinguish enough.
If some 30 year old person ties down a fighting 5 year old and… straight to the gallows. If a 18.5 year old has consenual sex with a 17.9 year old, the gallows seem a bit extreme. But they are both statutory rape technically. Better terminology would make it easier to assign even harsher penalties than are already assigned for the base case. And they could remove some of the wiggle room it gives judges.
The law here doesn’t allow for statutory rape charges for fewer than 2 years here. Anyway, regardless, off topic, but I don’t think the minors want to be tortured or eaten, so there’s that.
Yeah, but that law depends on the local jurisdiction. In the us, by state