wicked wrote:17 y.o. guy got a BJ from a 15 y.o. girl and goes to jail for 10 years.

Yeah, it's old news, but still unbelievable. If he would've had sex with her instead, he wouldn't be in jail now. And I thought NC was backwards... GA takes the cake!
http://www.wral.com/news/national_world ... y/1475538/
yes, it's an old story but continues to be a big one. ESPN has reported on this one. some very high-profile folks have taken up this guy's cause, i think Mark Cuban was one of them. real tragedy for this guy.
however, i have to throw this in: the issues here are ridiculous and inflexible mandatory sentencing, and race in the case of this defendant. but wicked, you should notice that the crime here is child molestation. are you saying it's backwards to have extremely tough child molestation laws? i'm sure you're not.
but your one-woman crusade against the south continues to embarrass you, imo. in this case you're telling us that rigid and extremely tough child molestation laws are regressive and should be abolished.....