No way am I going to comment on this without knowing a lot more detail. I am not saying this is the case here, but for instance if she misrepresented her age and the accused thought it was consensual because of that, I can see where sex with a minor would still be a crime but the charge of “sex offender” would be overboard.
On the other hand, if this wasn’t statutory rape but rather “rape rape” as some dimwit leftist once called it, I can’t see any justification for lessening terms.
In other words, it’s all in the details.
A 14 year-old cannot give consent for sex anymore than they can sign a contract to buy real estate.
This case seems more complicated to me. The girl was 14 and the boy was 17 at the time. She texted him that she wanted to spend time with him and have sex with him but not at school. The girl had already had a child. Before I get flamed.. hear me out. If this is more of a “he said, she said, she got caught having sex and changed her mind”... why ruin someone’s life with a sexual predator identity? I am all for seeing that rapists get what they deserve; however, this case has a lot of oddities in it IMHO.
A man sentenced to five years probation by a Dallas County judge after admitting he raped a 14-year-old girl
She was willing to have sex with him but not at her school. She met him in a music room to kiss and told him no to sex there. He went ahead anyway. He pleaded guilty.
The sentence is a joke. OTOH it is ridiculous for him to be ordered to keep away from children the rest of his life - he does not appear to be a pedophile - he raped a physically mature girl who had already had several sexual relationships and was already a mother.