Teen gets 10 years for consensual sex with 15 yr old Options

[Mommy]

There is no way this kid should serve 10 fucking years for having consensual oral sex with someone 2 years younger than him....They lightened his sentence, but he still has to stay in prison while prosecuters appeals. Even President Jimmy Carter sides with the boy. Crazy



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_on_...s/teen_sex_case

[impala454]

I didn't say the judge could or did change the law. Judgements are essentially treated as law though. Yes, the change in the law was not technically applied retroactively, but based on the change the judgement was to release the kid, which effectively makes it retroactive in this case, and opens the door for the same type of judgements in other cases.

and as far as the conufsion on what happened... the way I understand it is the judge ordered the kid's release based on the changes in the law, then the state attorney general filed an appeal. so they're waiting for the appeal process to happen before they actually release the kid (which it sounds like the appeal probably won't make it).