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2. I don't like Dershowitz, nor do I agree with this article

Reply to Wiz Imp (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:50 PM

Dec 2025

but he does have some valid points. I do think that there should be so called Romeo and Juliet exceptions to statutory rape. Putting an 18 year old in jail for decades for having consensual sex with a 17 year old is frankly nuts. Especially if both are high school students. I don't agree that the age of consent should be lower than 16.

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Alan Dershowitz Op-Ed in the LA Times on May 7, 1997 "Statutory Rape Is an Outdated Concept" [View all] Wiz Imp Dec 2025 OP

59-year-old Dershowitz forgiving himself for that 8th grader. Lovely. PSPS Dec 2025 #1

Disgusting piece of shit rapist malaise Dec 2025 #3

I don't like Dershowitz, nor do I agree with this article dsc Dec 2025 #2

That's kind of a straw man argument though, because I'm pretty sure Wiz Imp Dec 2025 #4

Trust me, no 18 year old is going to "jail for decades for having consensual sex with a 17 year old" Polybius Dec 2025 #6

Well, I would not say 'no' 18 year old... OldBaldy1701E Dec 2025 #9

Alan heard 'balls to the wall' Red Mountain Dec 2025 #5

Well, we know even more than we did in 1997 about how sexually preying on young women and men is so if this idea gets Iris Dec 2025 #7

Wonder how many times his name was blacked out in the paucity of documents released. Vinca Dec 2025 #8