[mnehring]

A lot of States have a provision that they won’t prosecute if the parties are within 3 years of each other. (and consensual of course.)

This does seem like quite a harsh sentence, and when the kid gets out, he will probably have turned into a real criminal.

[kinoxi]

I think you might be right. I haven’t read the details of his incarceration but I doubt he was put in juvenile detainment. The length of his sentence would place him in the classification (and placement) with hardcore felons as well.