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*[https://www.yahoo.com/news/18-old-had-consensual-sex-141809274.html An 18-Year-Old Had Consensual Sex With a 16-Year-Old. He Went to Jail for 6 Years.]
::When Henry was 18, he had sex with a 16-year-old he met on a dating app who said they were 18 too. The 16-year-old's parents found out, summoned the cops, and Henry was charged with a sex offense. He took a plea: no jail time, and seven years on the sex offense registry.<br> (Lenore Skenazy, Reason, October 18, 2023) <!-- Added 19-2-23-->
*[https://jjie.org/2022/12/08/supported-by-lawmakers-opposed-by-reformers-youth-sex-offender-registries-have-a-long-history/ Supported by lawmakers, opposed by reformers, youth sex offender registries have a long history]
::In Wisconsin, two 15-year-olds whose foster parent caught them having consensual sex were charged with felony sexual assault and put on the sex offender registry for at least 15 years.<br> (Tristram Korten, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, December 8, 2022  ) <!-- Added  December 10, 2022 -->
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When Henry was 18, he had sex with a 16-year-old he met on a dating app who said they were 18 too. The 16-year-old's parents found out, summoned the cops, and Henry was charged with a sex offense. He took a plea: no jail time, and seven years on the sex offense registry.
(Lenore Skenazy, Reason, October 18, 2023)
In Wisconsin, two 15-year-olds whose foster parent caught them having consensual sex were charged with felony sexual assault and put on the sex offender registry for at least 15 years.
(Tristram Korten, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, December 8, 2022 )
We praise children for their curiosity. How else are they to learn to navigate the world? But sometimes a child’s curiosity leads to a lifetime of punishment and ostracism.
(Kristan N. Russell and Daniel Pollack, The Crime Report, US, August 5, 2021)
At the forested edge of the Canadian border this spring, state police arrested a person from the hamlet of Brasher Falls, New York, population about 1,000. He was charged with rape.
(Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, US, June 3, 2021)