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Possible Gender Discrimination in Statutory Rape Charges

By Corey Rayburnyung

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has issued a ruling discussing why a 14 year old boy who was accused of statutory rape was charged, but not the three under-aged girls with whom he allegedly had sex. The opinion (available here) suggests that the prosecutor may have discriminated against the boy on the basis of his gender. From the Boston Globe. 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...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 10, 2009 (boomark / email).