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Mitigated Statutory Rape and Aggravated Statutory Rape - Tennessee Law

By Baker Associates

Tennessee sex crime attorneys know that sex crime cases in Tennessee can be challenging. The stigma associated with any sex crime arrest requires the attorney to work diligently for a timely resolution. A previous blog discussed the crime of statutory rape in Tennessee. This blog discusses mitigated and aggravated statutory rape. Statutory rape is divided into three categories in Tennessee: statutory rape, mitigated statutory rape, and aggravated statutory rape. Variances between the victim?s age and the defendant?s age are the differences between these crimes. If the difference in the age is small enough, the defendant may be charged with mitigated statutory rape. According to Tennessee law, Mitigated statutory rape is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant, or of the defendant by the victim when the victim is at least fifteen (15) but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the defendant is at least four (4) but not more than five (5) years older than the victim...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on February 07, 2008 (boomark / email).