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Statutory Rape and a Sex Offender

posted 11 years ago by rac2873
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Well lets see how the state of CT sees their relationship.

STATUTORY RAPE LAWS BY STATE

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2003/olrdata/jud/rpt/2003-R-0376.htm

Connecticut

§ 53a-70 (a)(2)

§ 53a-71 (a)(1)

First-degree sexual assault to have sexual intercourse with a person under age 13 if the actor is more than two years older

Second-degree sexual assault to have sexual intercourse with a person between ages 13 and 16 if the actor is more than two years older

10 to 25 years in prison with a mandatory minimum of five years if the victim is between age 10 and 16 and 10 years if the victim is under age 10. The combined sentence and special parole must equal at least 10 years

Up to 20 years in prison (nine months mandatory minimum)

If she was convicted she would have to spend at least 5 years in jail and labeled a sex offender for the rest of her life.

Hope the sex was worth it.

[–] schoco_x 11 years ago

How about you look up the actual statute instead of clicking on the 1st google link you find. Here is the actual Connecticut 53a-71 (a)(1) statute since I know you're either too lazy or too incompetent to find it on your own:

Sec. 53a-71. Sexual assault in the second degree: Class C or B felony. (a) A person is guilty of sexual assault in the second degree when such person engages in sexual intercourse with another person and: (1) Such other person is thirteen years of age or older but under sixteen years of age and the actor is more than three years older than such other person;

[–] avnevado 11 years ago

The actor, David Lambert, is 20 years old in real life. And it's a movie so..?? Your post is essentially irrelevant.

[–] StillAtMyMoms 11 years ago

I love how the fem tards come out in droves to support Kristen Bell's character in the movie.

Face it: If the two characters switched genders, we would certainly see Leigh in handcuffs going to jail. A man receives much more punishment committing statutory rape versus when a women does it. Anyone refuting this, I will glady pull out statistics supporting my claim.

This movie justified-even postively portrayed-statutory rape; bottom line.

This film was obviously pro-feminist material. She left her town scott-free. Even the script had her parents oblivious on what she was doing with a teenager. Come on.

"Oh crap! I committed a crime. Better get my life together."

[–] xxjamiibabiixx 11 years ago

She left scottfree because without the victim or parent offering up names and pressing charges, there's nothing that could happen. it was realistic, if the victim or their parents won't name names/press charges there's no crime, wether it's a teen girl/older guy or teen guy/older girl.
And honest to goodness, wether it be a teen girl or teen guy, there are parents who allow such things and won't press charges if their kids are happy.
Look at it this way, if a girl or guy gets raped and doesn't report it, the rapist gets of scottfree it's the same principle, just because an outsider knows, it still takes a victim pressing charges to bring concequences.

[–] pacerprincess034 11 years ago

While you may believe that what her character did was morally wrong and unethical, which I agree wholeheartedly with, it is not against the law. As the OP incorrectly pointed out, there is an age of consent. It is quite easy to look up said age for each state. Theirs being Connecticut, the laws are as follows:

The general age of consent in Connecticut is 16. This applies in most relationships.
However, if any of the following apply, then the age of consent becomes 18:
Where one person is a guardian, or responsible for the general supervision, of the other. See C.G.S. § 53a-71(a)(4).
Where one person is an athletic coach or an intensive instructor (e.g. piano teacher) outside of a school setting, and the other is being coached or instructed. See C.G.S. § 53a-71(9)(B).
Where one person's professional, legal, occupational or volunteer status gives him/her a role of supervision, power, or authority, over the other's participation in a program or activity, and the older person is at least 20-years-old. See C.G.S. § 53a-71(a)(4).

She was not a guardian, a coach, and her career held no power over him in anyway, therefore this would not be a case of statutory rape. It would be a case of poor moral boundaries.

The movie should have done their research before stating that she didn't get in trouble because they didn't name names. If it was brought to the police, they may have looked into if her position as a lifeguard gave her any authority over him and likely would have dismissed it very quickly when they realized there was none.

[–] Tmalva03 11 years ago

I thought it was said in the movie that he was 17! Maybe I heard wrong...