Monday, September 13, 2010

Update on Unjust Prosecution

News sources have printed more about the 33-year-old convicted child molester whose claims of consensual sexual relationship with his mother has resulted in her facing criminal charges. We learn in this article how the matter came to the attention of the the authorities.

The details of the son’s relationship with his mother came to light after he divulged the information to his therapist, who was required to report the abuse to law enforcement under the mandatory reporting law, said Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office.

That law makes sense when one of the participants is coerced or underage. But that’s not what happened here. The law should be changed. Law enforcement personnel should have filed the information under “That’s interesting” and kept their focus on crimes in which there are victims. Adult consensual sex should not be a criminal matter.
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1 comment:

  1. HansSeptember 17, 2010 at 6:55 PM

    In that case his mother was astoundingly naive to admit to it.

    I hear about this sort of thing a lot it seems. Anytime someone gets persecuted for consensual incest with another adult it is because one of them blabbed about it and the other confessed.

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