tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244532973936681387.post698932382682779674..comments2023-04-17T11:10:07.810-04:00Comments on The Law Office of Michael L. Rich: Legal Ramifications of Teen SexualityZensho Martin Harahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13911257858994892587noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244532973936681387.post-50014323621522062722013-04-21T07:15:11.359-04:002013-04-21T07:15:11.359-04:00Though MA does not have a Romeo and Juliet excepti...Though MA does not have a Romeo and Juliet exception to its statutory rape law, there are now enhanced penalties for sexual relations based on age differences. Mass. General Laws chapter 265, section 23A http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws<br />/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter265/Section23A.<br /><br />Also, in response to issues similar to those raised by Mr. Herbert in my comment above, MA now has protections for sexually exploited children. See M.G.L. chapter 119, sec. 21 http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws<br />/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter119/Section21MLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955987885707332477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244532973936681387.post-82360340658338857882008-02-20T07:37:00.000-05:002008-02-20T07:37:00.000-05:00If the law says that people under 16 years of age ...If the law says that people under 16 years of age are incapable of consenting to sex, why is it that underaged girls are arrested and prosecuted for prostitution? That's the question posed by an Op/Ed entitled "The Wrong Target" by Bob Herbert in the February 19, 2008, New York Time.<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/opinion/19herbert.html?_r=1&oref=slogin also at http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021908T.shtmlMLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955987885707332477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244532973936681387.post-23957885874245711062007-11-07T08:57:00.000-05:002007-11-07T08:57:00.000-05:00In the case nicknamed "Roe v. Wade for men", the S...In the case nicknamed "Roe v. Wade for men", the Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that despite being told by his partner that she was incapable of conceiving a child and was using birth control and despite his assertions throughout the relationship that he did not want to be a father, he could constitutionally be required to pay child support for the child that was conceived as a result of the relationship.<BR/><BR/>Matthew Dubay had sued the mother and Michigan's child support enforcement agency claiming that allowing women to terminate a pregnancy or place a baby up for adoption or with a "baby safe haven" agency while denying him the right to disavow his paternity violated the equal protection provisions of the U.S. and Michigan constitutions.<BR/><BR/>The court disagreed. It found that the child support statute was gender-neutral and that the state had a significant interest in assuring the support and education of children. It therefore affirmed the dismissal of Dubay's Civil Rights Act complaint and affirmed the district court's award of attorneys fees to the State.<BR/><BR/>For the full opinion in Dubay v. Wells (decided 11/6/07) go to http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/6th/062107p.pdf.MLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955987885707332477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244532973936681387.post-2220074798605889912007-10-29T17:51:00.000-04:002007-10-29T17:51:00.000-04:00On October 26, 2007, the Georgia Supreme Court ove...On October 26, 2007, the Georgia Supreme Court overturned Genarlow Wilson's conviction. See Humphrey v. Wilson at http://www.gasupreme.us/pdf/s07a1481.pdf<BR/><BR/>The court ruled that because the legislature decided that consensual oral sex between two teens who are close in age should be a misdemeanor and not a felony, the 11 year sentence that Wilson received was cruel and unusual.<BR/><BR/>Note again that Massachusetts does not have a "Romeo & Juliet" provision in its statutory rape law.MLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955987885707332477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244532973936681387.post-71634247702657225602007-08-01T11:55:00.000-04:002007-08-01T11:55:00.000-04:00Here's a "tinyURL" for the Oregonian article --htt...Here's a "tinyURL" for the Oregonian article --<BR/>http://tinyurl.com/ytj9yvMLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955987885707332477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244532973936681387.post-69658812579851245672007-08-01T08:24:00.000-04:002007-08-01T08:24:00.000-04:00And then there's the case (reported in the July 22...And then there's the case (reported in the July 22nd Oregonian)of the middle school boys who are facing felony sex charges and lifetime registration as sex offenders if found guilty for "slap butt day".<BR/><BR/>See "Unruly schoolboys or sex offenders?" Sunday, July 22, 2007, SUSAN GOLDSMITH, The Oregonian Staff -- http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1185040507206380.xml&coll=7&thispage=1MLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955987885707332477noreply@blogger.com