Lawrence Taylor skates

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Rae Carruth is no longer going to be the first pick in the prison yard football games.


Stupid question here, but I really don't know. The article says the age of consent in New York is 17. Does that mean a 17 year-old can boink whoever she wants? For some reason I thought it was always illegal to dance the ancestral dance with someone under 18. Like, they're not a legal adult until they're 18. Is that not right?

i don't know either ... i always thought that under 18 and over 21 was illegal somehow too.

under 17 - statutory rape
under 18 with over 21 - indecency with a minor or something

[Royal Fanatic]

I don't know if I'd say that he "skated". It sounds like the charges are appropriate. He didn't rape the girl. He picked up a telephone and requested a prostitute, and he was correctly charged with soliciting a prostitute. Since the girl turned out to be 16, he was also appropriately charged with having sex with a woman without her consent (since she can't give consent).

If the charges had been dropped, I'd agree that he skated. But to convict him of a felony and throw him in jail would have been pretty harsh.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Royal Fanatic

I don't know if I'd say that he "skated". It sounds like the charges are appropriate. He didn't rape the girl. He picked up a telephone and requested a prostitute, and he was correctly charged with soliciting a prostitute. Since the girl turned out to be 16, he was also appropriately charged with having sex with a woman without her consent (since she can't give consent).

If the charges had been dropped, I'd agree that he skated. But to convict him of a felony and throw him in jail would have been pretty harsh.

when you are facing all the charges he started off with and end up with misdemeanors and probation ... you skated.

[Royal Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Laz

when you are facing all the charges he started off with and end up with misdemeanors and probation ... you skated.

Fair enough.

He'll probably think twice before picking up the phone and calling for another hooker.

[Royal Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Laz

i don't know either ... i always thought that under 18 and over 21 was illegal somehow too.

under 17 - statutory rape
under 18 with over 21 - indecency with a minor or something

By definition, the age of consent is the age at which statutory rape does not occur. If a person is over 18, they're not a minor.

So yes, a 17 year old can have sex with whoever she wants, as long as her partner is also over 17.