It is scary that many judges and public prosecutors in different states agree on charging such young people and declaring them guilty. I don’t know the percentage of charges and of convictions out of all proposed cases or reports and accusations made to the police, but the actual count is apparently in the dozens (google tells me).
It is not, however, surprising, considering common (and legal) attitudes to morality, sexuality and young people’s rights in the U.S.
It is scary that many judges and public prosecutors in different states agree on charging such young people and declaring them guilty. I don’t know the percentage of charges and of convictions out of all proposed cases or reports and accusations made to the police, but the actual count is apparently in the dozens (google tells me).
It is not, however, surprising, considering common (and legal) attitudes to morality, sexuality and young people’s rights in the U.S.
Given the context it seems ironic to let them off based off youth. No, I’ll let them off because the crime itself is absurd.