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MA - SJC sees possible bias in rape case - Why charge only the boy? Judges bitterly divided on issue

View the article here 02/07/2009 By John R. Ellement and Andrew Ryan - Globe Staff A sharply divided Supreme Judicial Court said yesterday that a 14-year-old boy accused of statutory rape may have been a victim of gender discrimination because authorities charged him and not the three underage girls with whom he allegedly had sex. The case, which originated in Plymouth County, involved a high school freshman football player who is accused of engaging in various sex acts from August to October 2007 with three girls. Two were 12, and the other was 11. "None of the complainants reported being afraid of the boy's behavior," Chief Justice Margaret Marshall wrote for the majority. "Indeed, sexual behavior seemed to melt seamlessly into games of 'manhunt,' 'truth or dare,' and 'making out...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).