No, Serjet, you didn't read what I wrote. If the younger person is 16 or 17 years old and the older person is under 23, the statutory rape charges may not apply. What does that have to do with 9 and 12 years old?

Several years ago when I lived in Florida, there was a case of statutory rape that was making the headlines. The girl in question was 15 and the boy had just turned 18. The girl had taken her 2 year old in for immunizations, and was showing in her second pregnancy. Yes, she had gotten pregnant when she was 13 - and had...more

Read up on Florida law - it's not quite that cut and dried.

This could get tricky. According to Florida law, if a person is 23 or younger, the statutory rape charge can be excluded for a minor 16 or 17 years of age - presumably for just this type of situation. When does/did the girlfriend turn 16, and can they PROVE anything sexual was done after the older girl turned 18 and be...more

Because straight couples never engage in that type of sexual interaction, Gucci? Do you really believe that?

Yep, not a particular fan of either party. Too much concern for special interest groups going on on both sides and not enough concern for the people in my opinion.

Oh dear! It's definitely a Friday afternoon around here! :)

I don't know, John. In something like that I don't think you really have time to be afraid - you just react to seeing a loved one being attacked. You might freeze up, you may not. There's no real way to know until something like that happens.

It's unusual in that this bear wouldn't scare off. They killed it to test for rabies. Thankfully, it came back negative, but if it had been positive that would have indicated a potentially huge issue this close to camping season.