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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Man Accused of Incest in Missouri

It’s another news report that is woefully lacking in information, this time from KMZU.

A Chillicothe man, accused of incest, will soon have his day in court. Charges were filed Friday against Jonathon Cheeney, 61. Cheeney was arrested in January after police believed he had relations with one of his relatives.

He’s 61. He could have parents, aunts, uncles, siblings, adult children, adult grandchildren, adult nieces, adult nephews, etc. Any of them could have consented to sex.

If this is a case of consensual sex, it is a travesty of justice that he’s even being prosecuted.

If it was rape, he should be charged with rape. If it was sexual assault, he should be charged with that. If it was statutory rape, child molestation, or child rape, he should be charged with those crimes.

But we don’t know. We’re not given the information. How hard would it be to report whether the other person is an adult or minor, and if an adult, whether or not this was consensual or not?
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