[Q]When one member of the couple is aged 14 to 16 and the other is older, the act is statutory rape under the Kansas law and the most common penalty is probation if the two are heterosexual. But probation is not available to same-sex teenage couples.
Matthew Limon was one week past his 18th birthday in early 2000 when he performed oral sex on a 14-year-old boy at the center for developmentally disabled young people where they both lived. No violence or coercion was involved.
Had Mr. Limon performed oral sex on a 14-year-old girl, he could have received a prison sentence of about 15 months, and possibly just probation. Instead, he is now about three years into a 17-year sentence in the Ellsworth Correctional Facility. Under his sentence, he was also ordered to register as a sex offender upon his release.[/Q]
Now three years into the sentence:
[Q]ASHINGTON, June 27 ? In one of the first consequences of its landmark ruling on gay rights on Thursday, the Supreme Court today set aside the lengthy prison sentence imposed on a gay Kansas teenager for having had sex with a younger boy.[/Q]
Good for the court!!!!!! I am sorry but this is clearly wrong in my book.http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/27/politics/27CND-SCOTUS.html?ex=1057377600&en=cfd551cd8c1d05a6&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE
Matthew Limon was one week past his 18th birthday in early 2000 when he performed oral sex on a 14-year-old boy at the center for developmentally disabled young people where they both lived. No violence or coercion was involved.
Had Mr. Limon performed oral sex on a 14-year-old girl, he could have received a prison sentence of about 15 months, and possibly just probation. Instead, he is now about three years into a 17-year sentence in the Ellsworth Correctional Facility. Under his sentence, he was also ordered to register as a sex offender upon his release.[/Q]
Now three years into the sentence:
[Q]ASHINGTON, June 27 ? In one of the first consequences of its landmark ruling on gay rights on Thursday, the Supreme Court today set aside the lengthy prison sentence imposed on a gay Kansas teenager for having had sex with a younger boy.[/Q]
Good for the court!!!!!! I am sorry but this is clearly wrong in my book.http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/27/politics/27CND-SCOTUS.html?ex=1057377600&en=cfd551cd8c1d05a6&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE