WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK?
Jul. 24th, 2009 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
highlyeccentricWHAT THE?
Basically, in Tasmania, a judge has reservations about imposing a sentence on a 36 year old guy who had intercourse with a 16 year old girl who was pretending to be asleep, because, if she had said something he would've stopped. BECAUSE HAVING SEX WITH SLEEPING MINORS
ISN'T BAD ENOUGH?
And in SA, a judge thinks a suspended sentence would be too tough on a guy who had sex with a passed-out woman who had consented to sex prior to passing out. I can't figure this one out, except that it implies a worrying precedent that consent cannot be withdrawn or invalidated after it has been given.
Basically, in Tasmania, a judge has reservations about imposing a sentence on a 36 year old guy who had intercourse with a 16 year old girl who was pretending to be asleep, because, if she had said something he would've stopped. BECAUSE HAVING SEX WITH SLEEPING MINORS
ISN'T BAD ENOUGH?
And in SA, a judge thinks a suspended sentence would be too tough on a guy who had sex with a passed-out woman who had consented to sex prior to passing out. I can't figure this one out, except that it implies a worrying precedent that consent cannot be withdrawn or invalidated after it has been given.