As a resident of Tennessee I do hope this doesn’t get those who aren’t really a rapist, yet are charged with such crime. For instance, I know personally a guy who was charged with a rape charge. The situation was the guy was 18-19 yrs old. The girl was 17. They both went out, eventually ended up at a motel. They were a couple. Then the parents found out. They didn’t like him at all, and got the police involved. The parents were going for a rape charge and after awhile got it to stick. The girl just told the truth and defended him as she consented, etc, etc. Guy ends up in prison for 4 yrs. Think he served 3. All for a consented relationship and a few yrs different in age. Last I heard they were together. So according to this would he be a recipient for the death penalty?
People are supposed to be reasonable and not jail an 18-yr-old for consentual sex with his 17-yr-old girlfriend. But we don't have reasonableness in courts of law, or even the concept of it, any longer. Lawyers can just do whatever.
Because, whatever a judge's personal feelings toward a defendant may be, he or she is only there to uphold the law as it is written, which cannot possibly account for all the nuances present in any given case.
As a resident of Tennessee I do hope this doesn’t get those who aren’t really a rapist, yet are charged with such crime. For instance, I know personally a guy who was charged with a rape charge. The situation was the guy was 18-19 yrs old. The girl was 17. They both went out, eventually ended up at a motel. They were a couple. Then the parents found out. They didn’t like him at all, and got the police involved. The parents were going for a rape charge and after awhile got it to stick. The girl just told the truth and defended him as she consented, etc, etc. Guy ends up in prison for 4 yrs. Think he served 3. All for a consented relationship and a few yrs different in age. Last I heard they were together. So according to this would he be a recipient for the death penalty?
People are supposed to be reasonable and not jail an 18-yr-old for consentual sex with his 17-yr-old girlfriend. But we don't have reasonableness in courts of law, or even the concept of it, any longer. Lawyers can just do whatever.
Because, whatever a judge's personal feelings toward a defendant may be, he or she is only there to uphold the law as it is written, which cannot possibly account for all the nuances present in any given case.