[joylyn]

If the defendant is 17 -- a minor -- I believe the judge does have this power.

[mysterio]

16 is the age of consent. A different judge could order the defendent to have more sex as part of a probation requirement. What if that judge believed that more sex would help the psyche of the defendent? Would you support that as well? Or do you only support this judicial activism because it agrees with your own moral code?

I'm just saying, if you support this kind of activist crap, then you run the risk of having a different judge tell a different defendent to do something you might find repugnant. Better to nip the judicial activism in the bud.