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Can you link to a source? As I understand it, lack of knowledge of age is not a defense against statutory rape.
by vageli 7y ago
Can you link to a source? As I understand it, lack of knowledge of age is not a defense against statutory rape.
- magduf 7y agoLaws are frequently different for cops.
- trhway 7y agoExcept for cops as the other commenter noted. https://reason.com/2017/10/13/cases-dropped-oakland-cops-dropped/ https://reason.com/2017/10/13/cases-dropped-oakland-cops-dro... "Judge Jon Rolefson dismissed charges against former Contra Costa County Sheriff's Deputy Ricardo Perez [...] Perez was charged with felony unlawful sex with a minor, felony oral copulation with a minor, and two misdemeanor counts of engaging in lewd conduct. But Rolefson decided there was insufficient evidence Perez knew that Guap was under age 18. "