A 48-year-old Hiawatha man was sentenced to three years probation Friday in Linn County District Court for having sex with an adult male related to him last year.
Having sex with another adult should not be criminal. Notice that neither the prosecution, nor the news report, accused this man of rape or sexual assault.
Sixth Judicial District Senior Judge Thomas Koehler sentenced Craig Aswegan, who pleaded guilty to incest in January, to a five year suspended sentence based on his employment record and supportive statements from his employer and his sister.
The victim didn’t offer an victim’s impact statement for the court’s consideration.
Has the “victim” complained at all?
“I’m taking a chance on you and giving you probation,” Koehler said. “If you do something like this again you will do prison time.”
If he has sex with another adult?
Granted, this person doesn’t sound like a nice guy…
Aswegan was convicted in 1997 for third-degree sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
So he was in his early 30s, perhaps, and abusing a child under the age of 11? And he only got sentenced to ten years for that? He should still be in prison for that. But regardless of whether someone is likable or not, laws should not criminalize consensual sex between adults. Incest laws banning sex between close relatives who are adults should all be gone. Prosecute rape, sexual assault, child molestation, etc.
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