-nicole

the sad reality is that money can get you out of anything. lets just say that even if this issue did go to court, celebrities are able to hire lawyers that will most likely win the case. there are always loop holes in the law, and paying large amounts of money to the right people will get that job done.

for example a lawyer might says, these two were out of the country when they had sex …and that country has no laws against it … a lot of countries dont have laws for a lot of issues concerning minors.

now i dont know the laws of this country very well, but the more creative you get with trying to find loop holes, the more likely it is that you will find one- and where do you find those creative people? by having a thick wallet !

We have our freedom for a reason..and i believe if we choose to live our lives the way we do then that is our choice of freedom to do so.

And jamie lee CHOSE to have sex unprotected with Casey and they are now going to become parents…
They both have enough money to raise that child up properly and im sure they will do a wonderful job in giving that child the love and support it needs.

I bet you had sex before u were meant to
And your just gettting into something that is probably way above your head with the whole we love our freedom speech.
If your going to raise an argument at least raise some facts to go with it

we are human beings and we have the right to our freedom to do as we like…the day u leave school (here in uk it is 16) u r technically an adult…you can leave home, work and so forth…so if u can do all of that why cant u have sex with the man u love?
I gave birth when i was 19 years old…meaning i was pregnant while i was 18…. nothing happened, nothing went wrong, she is 8 years old and is amazing. I now have a 3 year old…again an amazing little girl….
My children did not ruin my life..i went on to become a nurse which is what i always wanted to do. I dont dump them at the childminders for anything other than to go to work which most adults do anyway.
I dont drink or do drugs…i dont live off the state and i have a wonderful partner who also works.

I do not understand why there is so much fuss surrounding jamie being pregnant…. She didnt want it to happen but her and her partner have both accepted the responsibility of what has happened and plan to go ahead with it and raise the baby as best they can…they have been together probably longer than alot of ppl having children….so let them be and let them raise the family they are both about to do.

In Australia the law varys in different states however in the ACT (australian capital territory) and Victoria the law states

It is an offence in Victoria to take part in sexual penetration with a person under the age of 16 (Crimes Act 1958 – {s45(1)}). However it is a defence if the younger party was aged 10 years or older and the defendant was not more than 2 years older than the younger party ({s45(4)(b)}). It is a separate offence for a person to take part in sexual penetration with a person under the age of 18 who is under the care of the defendant ({s48}) (guardian, teacher etc).

I’d like to highlight the defence that “if the younger party was aged 10 years or older and the defendant was not more than 2 years older than the younger party”

This defence refers to the acknowledgement of young people consenting in sex at younger ages and that it has become a part of the way our teenage culture has changed over the past decade.

Although it seems scary that children as young as 10 can potentially be having sex legally it does seem to make sense that if both parties consent neither should be prosecuted for those actions as teens these days do have a more extensive understanding of not only the consequences of sex but an understanding of sex in general.
We have now come to live in times where young people know exactly what sex is compared to the days where “no sex before marriage” was upheld.

Having said this, it is clear that Jamie-lynn and Casey Aldridge still would not be applicable to this defence were she under 16, however she is over 16 anyway which is legal in many states and countries all over the world.

In reference to these “romeo and juliet” laws it seems that america should indeed review their current laws and consider creating a uniform law which covers all states so that the laws are consistant whatever that consistancy may be.
The change in our youth culture should indeed be taken into account and a possible defence similar to that of ACT and Victorian laws should also be considered to end prosection of consenting young teens within close ages groups.

Also this goes out the old fashioned comments and the comments made by people who believe that Casey Aldridge should be charge with statutory rape, it is time to accept the changes that have come about in the 21st century and whether or not you agree with it or would be happy having your children take part in sex at a young age, do not stand on your high horse and attack people you do not know for decisions that they have made on thier own. It is honestly none of your business nor should it be. What do thier lives have anything to do with yours accept as a way for you to vent your out-of-date views on issues you clearly don’t understand if you are judging so harshly. You should be far more worried about older sexual predators than young teens making thier own independent choices (whether they be right or wrong)

Throughout a MAJORITY of human evolution (and we are talking hundreds of millions of years here) the average human life expectancy was somewhere in the area of 20-25 years. 99% of our species history most people never made it to thirty. Even in the past 100 years women and men getting married before they were 18 was considered normal. This is because for a majority of the time when someone was 14-16 they were considered MIDDLE-AGED. The possibility that they might not reproduce became likelier every year that they did age. It’s only in the past few decades as life-expectancy has improved where 18-20 is considered young.

Contrary to popular belief, a young man of 18-19 that’s attracted to a girl of 15-16 is actually NORMAL and has been NORMAL for hundreds of thousands of years. We aren’t punishing these young men for being abnormal, we are punishing them because they aren’t responding to social conditioning. What is ABNORMAL in my view is Men or Women that are attracted to sexually immature children (i.e. pedophilia). Just because you don’t like the idea doesn’t make it any less true.

Jamie Spears was fully cogent of the fact that sex causes pregnancy, and in her position probably could afford any form of birth control available to females these days. Why and how she became pregnant is up to her and her boyfriend.

As to the other case mentioned in here where the man in question was given a 10 year sentence, while the other hasn’t even been questioned in the manner I will say this: That is probably one of the most horrible things that I have heard in awhile. It’s my view that he should be freed until the other man is charged. This is why I do NOT trust either our government or our legal system. If you are poor you can expect the law to come down upon you fully, however if you have some money in your pocket people don’t even look your way. The double-standards here are just too blatant and revolting.

The abuse of the term “pedophile” clearly reflects how much this society infantilizes teenagers and gives parents uncontrolled “parental rights”. United States (along with Somalia) is one of the only two countries which refused to sign The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. What an exemplary action from a country which sings that “Human rights are universal values”.

I encourage your readers and you to not dismiss my commentary as the mindless ranting of a lunatic either. Another poster has submitted that in other countries a young lady of Miss Spear’s age would in all likelihood be married (by force or choice) with perhaps two kids, an assertion with which I concur fully.

I’m not dismissing the culpability of the young man concerned, just want to cosign on the notion that the present patchwork of disparate statutory rape laws is in need of a major overhaul. Though I’ve never been too keen on federal intervention in family, community and state matters, we live in an increasingly mobile society, a trend which in my mind warrants the involvement of the national legislature in this business of age of consent and treatment of teen sexuality.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

- AlwaysCurious

Children have no business having sex at all and any adult who has contact with one is by definition a monster. As a deterrent should raise a Federal age of consent or marriage to age 21, overriding the more permissive state laws.

Any contact between two people under the age of 21 should send both people to prison for two years, with any issue confiscated and placed for adoption WITHOUT ANY POSSIBILITY of recovery by any relative.

Any contact between a person under 21 and a person over 21, even if the difference in age is as much as by A SINGLE DAY, should send the older person to prison for ten years and the younger person to prison for two years, treatment of issue as above. The older person should be registered as a sex offender, and both people should be BARRED FROM ANY FEDERAL BENEFITS SUCH AS STUDENT LOANS.

The Attorney General of the United States or his designates in the various district circuits should have the power to bring charges against both people if no reports are made by parents or other interested parties. If the parents fail to report the crime then a judgment should be laid jointly and severally against all four parents to recover the the costs of prosecution and imprisonment.

This unified law should be titled The Take A Stand Against Unlawful Sex Act.

It really depends on what State you are in, if this is in California, then it is illegal (the age is 18). But, the point of the article is not whether or not we should charge the man with Statutory Rape, but it is whether or not we shoul instate Nation Wide Romeo and Juliet laws. And, no race will not always play a major part in things, and that wasn’t even part of the damn article. This also has nothing to do with the fact that she is a star. Lean how to read moron.

Ben

tbundro1277,

Don’t worry. No matter where you go you will most likey never be able to find a girlfriend. Not with your maturity level. Even skinny girls don’t like guy with your attitude. Not one with any self respect. The response before is a typical response of somebody sane and NORMAL without problems like you NOT a typical response of somebody fat. You are just assuming that because of the problems you have.

That’s the good news.

Bad news is that the youth of today, in a vast number of countries, adapt this lifestyle and, worse, even glorify the deeds that it dictates.

If you are not meeting the kind of people you want to associate with, maybe it’s you.

I suggest ‘fat girls’ are not YOUR problem…

In the South, I would entertain it is at least that. Things have been that way longer than I can remember and not just on issues of sex and all of its possible perversions thereof.

I often say, “Church is a place for sinners…”

Go ahead and have the intelligent conversation.

It’s time.

Excellent work. But is there any reason you don’t explicitly mention the elephant in the room? You know what I’m talking about.

Here in Michigan, the legal age of consent is 16 years old – which is, I believe, how old Jamie-Lynn is. That being the case, as far as I understand the law, she is old enough to consent to sex with anyone of any age (with the exception of a teacher or other similar person in a position of authority – which raises the age of consent to 18)

So – She’s 16, there is no crime. Period.

Is this not so?

Also just a note:

There’s a typo in the first part of your article you mentioned that “Britney’s boyfriend, Casey Aldridge, is reportedly 19″ when it should be JAMIE’S boyfriend.

I wonder if the people who felt Genarlow Wilson was treated fairly are asking that Spears’ boyfriend be tried. I could be wrong, but I doubt that they are.

Let’s put our cards on the table. Race plays a big part in how someone is treated in most states justice system.

Thanks for the note. What is particularly worrisome is that some states never prosecute these cases while others do so with apparent vigor.