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Sirs,
I am seeking any kind of help or advise regarding the over use of the sex offender laws in California against teenage boys.
There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of teen boys 14 through 17 who are charged with a sex offense called PC 288(a), this is a lewd act with a minor 14 or under. This means, if a 14 to 17 year old boy and a 13 to 14 year old girl are engaged in any kind of consensual contact, ie. kissing, fondling, even holding hands, the boy is guilty of a felony if his actions causes a sexual desire in himself or the girl. The girl is not held responsible for her conduct because she is not "old enough" to give consent to the contact, even if she initiates the contact, lies about her age, or misleads the boy in any way.
Many parents find this avenue through the DA when a statutory rape charge cannot be pursued; both kids are virgins. If the boy has even a minor juvenile record, it is common for the Judge to send these boys to the California Youth Authority for up to 8 years. Once the boys survive the brutality of the CYA, if they survive, they must then register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives. There have been suicides at CYA due to the fear of being targeted by the cruel and corrupt staff.
I have found that it is more typical for a rural county to commit on this charge.
Please do not confuse this PC 288(a) with a more serious charge PC 288a, the two are VERY different. A great deal of the abuse towards these boys while in the CYA is due to the staff's ignorance of the law and the difference between the two offenses.
Please forward this e mail to anyone who could help or give some guidance.
Laura Belmont
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A 14-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl do something, and one or both of them gets sexually aroused, and the boy gets carted off to the CYA to be sodomized for four or five years? Then he has to register as a sex offender for doing what he's biologically programmed to do?
I don't know why this is a surprise. If they'll go after the ten-and-unders, why wouldn't they do something worse to the adolescents?
Remember that woman who raped a 13-year-old boy and then bragged about how she had saved herself a trip to the sperm bank? And now the boy has to pay child support? That should tell you all you need to know about the status of males in our society.
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by Anonymous User on Monday August 11, @12:35AM EST (#2)
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This is outrageous and something must be done to change the hate laws of the State of California.
Ray
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by Anonymous User on Monday August 11, @02:32AM EST (#3)
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Laura,
Thank you for this interesting post. We (NCFM-LA) are aware that the sex offender and statutory rape laws in California are overbroad and are too often used only to target males. California even allows state and local government funds to be earmarked for arresting specifically "males" (gender specific) for statutory raping "females" under the guise of "combatting teen pregnancy." This is a total farce but it works in the eyes of our feminist-headed politicians.
For reference, here is the law that Laura refers to:
288. (a) Any person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, including any of the acts constituting other crimes
provided for in Part 1, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child who is under the age of 14 years, with the intent
of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person or the child, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or eight years.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdoc ID=58301127344+4+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
Unlike some laws, this law seems to have no mandated age difference (like, "and the minor is five years younger . . ."), so, as you say Laura, a 14 year old old boy who makes out with a 13 year old girl can be charged with a felony. And in practice, they simply don't charge the 14 year old girl who makes out with a 13 year old boy. Even if they did, it would still be ridiculously overbroad and would still be targeted at males since it's more often the male who is older, often by females' own choice.
Laura, I'd be interested in seeing information you have showing that some of the boys who are charged with a felony under this law are only 14 or 15 and that the girls they did this with were 13, especially if they are in CYA as a result. That could be newsworthy.
I may not have time to return to this post, so if you have this info please email me at ncfm.la@verizon.net. I'm in Los Angeles. Thank you.
Marc
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288(A) is locking up boys for holding hands and kissing their girlfriend...
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/2408228/detail.html
A 40 year old woman rapes a 15 year old boy and gets a year, of which she will probably only serve half.
See some disparate treatment in the land of California?
Freedom Is Merely Privilege Extended Unless Enjoyed By One & All.
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