Worst of all, she pled guilty to get a plea bargain, and the judge ignored the bargain. (That is technically his right, but many constitutional scholars consider it a violation of the fifth amendment rights of the accused.)And there you have the downside of women's liberation. Thirty years ago nobody would have considered a 23 year old woman to be victimizinmg a 17 year old boy by having sex with him, but would have considered it a serious crime the other way around. Women wanted the double standard removed, and gained a lot in the process, but this was part of the price they paid.
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