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To: jude24

What about the baby?

However, who got the 12 year old pregnant? Shouldn't there be rape charges and the baby's remains held for DNA evidence to establish paternity.


68 posted on 05/03/2005 11:01:07 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: xzins

She was apparently living with a man well into his 20's (28 by some accounts) before she was taken in by DFS. She apparently ran away and became pregnant while away. But she will not reveal the name of the father.


72 posted on 05/03/2005 11:06:33 AM PDT by pa mom
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To: xzins
What about the baby?

Under Roe and Casey, that can't be dispositive.

However, who got the 12 year old pregnant? Shouldn't there be rape charges and the baby's remains held for DNA evidence to establish paternity.

Many statutory rape laws have a "Romeo and Juliet" exception where a minor close to the same age is not liable for statuory rape when it is consenual, for example, Model Penal Code 213.3(1)(a), but interestingly enough, Florida explicitly does not, L.L.N. v. State, 504 So.2d 6 (1987).

83 posted on 05/03/2005 11:20:35 AM PDT by jude24 ("Stupid" isn't illegal - but it should be.)
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