"Mike Coslo" wrote:

If he's convicted, the kid's parents should be
nailed with something too. Anyone who allows
a pubescent child that a 40 something guy
wants to pick up, take to his amusement park
home and hop into bed with the kid (all those
things are widely known) should be held
responsible. (snip)


I've thought about that too. But, how would we hold them responsible -
stupidity isn't a crime in this country? Letting a child sleep with an adult
is certainly stupid, but we'd have to prove more than that to actually hold
the parents responsible. And I can't think of anything specific in the laws
we can apply to the parents in this case. Child endangerment is the only
thing that comes close, but I don't even think that would fly. To convict,
you'd have to show the parents should have known there was a clear and
present danger. Since JUST sleeping with an adult is not illegal, that may
be a tough case to prove. Anyway, since you said "something" in the first
paragraph (not anything specific), perhaps you're having the same problem
I'm having.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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