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WillowTheWhisp · 26-04-2005, 13:40

An interesting point to add to that John, if the "offence" had taken place here no law would have been broken as the age of consent is 16 and the girl was 17 at the time. - so in America he is labelled alongside paedophiles, in the UK he would have been totally innocent of any crime and no charges brought against him unless the girl accused him of rape. In fact how many times here do girls under 16 have babies and no charges are ever considered against the father even in cases where he is an older teen of 17, 18 or 19?

Also, what happens in cases where the accused is later proved innocent but the name and address has already been seen by thousands?

26-04-2005, 13:40	#15
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: Sarah's Law An interesting point to add to that John, if the "offence" had taken place here no law would have been broken as the age of consent is 16 and the girl was 17 at the time. - so in America he is labelled alongside paedophiles, in the UK he would have been totally innocent of any crime and no charges brought against him unless the girl accused him of rape. In fact how many times here do girls under 16 have babies and no charges are ever considered against the father even in cases where he is an older teen of 17, 18 or 19? Also, what happens in cases where the accused is later proved innocent but the name and address has already been seen by thousands? __________________