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Hence "a lot of places" and "in TX. " Joel Send a noteboard - 04/03/2010 08:45:12 PM
different states have different laws

No, really, I DO use qualifiers for a reason. ;) Like age of consent in general, it tends to vary by state, because it's mostly left to the discretion of the several states. I can easily envision a scenario where a guy was legally married to a girl in one state and later arrested for raping her under statute in another.
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Blame the victim mentality is so sad. - 04/03/2010 03:49:27 PM 178 Views
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agree. - 04/03/2010 07:02:37 PM 163 Views
I believe in second chances after suitably long and thorough rehab. - 04/03/2010 07:02:38 PM 191 Views
that's just Texas though. - 04/03/2010 07:17:02 PM 165 Views
Hence "a lot of places" and "in TX. " - 04/03/2010 08:45:12 PM 162 Views
do you have any evidience that rehab works - 04/03/2010 08:29:00 PM 196 Views
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Nice post, I agree with nearly all of that. *NM* - 04/03/2010 08:55:17 PM 55 Views
Thanks; even us blind squirrels occasionally find a nut. - 05/03/2010 03:13:47 AM 152 Views
I wish the truly bad people felt the same way - 05/03/2010 02:57:15 PM 206 Views
I wish we could get past the notion of "truly bad people. " - 15/03/2010 05:50:34 AM 230 Views
To the best of my knowledge from the studies and ocumentaries I saw in college... - 05/03/2010 01:19:18 AM 251 Views
Re: To the best of my knowledge from the studies and ocumentaries I saw in college... - 05/03/2010 02:28:59 AM 200 Views
when they get to 100% let me know - 05/03/2010 02:58:00 PM 186 Views
I don't think the comparison to the Australian Sheik is relevant. - 15/03/2010 07:04:08 AM 180 Views

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