my nephew is basicly in same boat as this kid.he was 19 at a party with friends and hooked up with someone who turned out to be underage.judge was understanding about it cuz for real most people arnt gonna ask for an id.but years later a different judge decided to take it back to court and now hes on the list.system is messed up.
Also in the Bible both parties paid the consequences. So if they're not going to do anything to her, his sentence should be lighter. They should allow him to have a normal life because some of them judges did the same things or worse when they were teenagers. I will agree with Justice, but also Mercy.
Sure would have since there was a case in Georgia about 10 years ago where a 22 year old met a girl off a app brought home he and his parents checked her id it said she was 20 come to find out she was actually 14 and he ended up being arrested 2 days later
@@KimberlyCaldwell-xb2if Who is the victim in that case though? If someone has been cautious, asked for age and then asked for proof of age and they have a perfect looking fake ID that matches up to their lied age, then I can't see how the underage person could be the victim when they have conned someone who has done what they can to check that they aren't going to be with a minor. If someone intentionally is looking for someone underage then they need to be locked away for a long time, but if someone is doing everything they can to ensure they aren't seeing someone under age, but they have been conned then it is completely different matter.
As much as I am against the hookup culture. What that judge did was WAY TOO FAR!!! You're deliberately going to impose an excessive punishment on him just because you disagree with his actions, want to "teach him a lesson," and make an example of him. You're basically ruining his life before it even begins! You don't impose your beliefs on someone, no matter what they may be, by abuse of power and excessive punishment! Absolutely unacceptable!
I had something similar with cannabis. My life was essentially destroyed for possessing cannabis at his age. Who was I harming. The judge thought cannabis was the devils drug. And now it’s legal in more than half of the US but I still sit her as a felon.
@chrisbenefield9963 that honestly sucks cause now even in the backwards ass state of Arkansas, where I live we have medical dispensaries and if you don't have a card the most that'll happen is they take the weed you have
But hear me out, when it's framed as an injustice, we'll be like the laws are too harsh. Next month when some pedo rapes a kid, we'll go back to saying all sex offenders should be shot. Fucking apes change their tune based on the tone of the voiceover and the musical accompaniment
Judge handed down a prejudicial decision. Even stated his "personal bias" in it. An appeal would have caused this conviction to be over turned. Get the judge off the bench. Parents could sue the girls family and the state for this
The reason why i hate judges. I know there has to be someone to deside punishments and stuff but why is their opinion the way it should be. They choose if someone behaves right or not like wtf
When I was Deputy in Orlando, we had a guy in a bar drinking. He met a girl there who was also drinking, so safe to assume she has to be at least 21. Takes her to a motel, then fast forward. Turns out she is 16 and OPD arrested him and then they sentenced him to jail and sex offender status. Bar did not get in trouble for serving minors, because she had a fake ID. As far as I know, she never got in any trouble either. Now just exactly how was that guy guilty of anything? The law has to be about JUSTICE and should be flexible and open to interpretation, not just about blindly sticking to the letter of the law like a malevolent robot.
This is why lying about your age should be a crime. The judge deserves to be jailed for ruining this poor boy's life. The girl deserves juvie not Zach.
i was arrested in 2007 for similar reasons. at the age of 27. in my instance, my only crime was being in a 21 or older byob bar and giving a ride to a girl. i dropped her off at the house where she slept with her 21 yr old boyfriend. turns out she was the 15 yr old daughter of the DJ. she didnt want to get her boyfriend in trouble so she pointed the finger at me... i spent 2 yrs on a 75k bond. my grandmother had to refinance her home to pay the bond. we spent thousands in legal fees and i too ALMOST ended up on that predator list... there needs to be moree protection of men, instead of just throwing them under the bus every time.
Honestly at this point, sombody just needs to sue the Judical branch. At its heart, it's a corrupt and failed system that's caused more problems than its worth and put more innocents and mentally ill in jail than the actually 'guilty'
I feel like you're the hiding truth in your story. Why did you get in trouble, what do you mean she pointed the finger at you, how is it anything to do with you? What does her being the dj's daughter have to do with anything, or do you mean she was there when she shouldn't have been simply because she was the Dj's daughter? How did you not know the difference between a 15yo and a 21 yo? Why were you driving her around? If you are innocent, then you should have fought harder because I don't see how you're any part of this unless they determined that you were guilty given the sheer number of questions that you seemingly thought were not red flags and still continued to make the choices that you made.
So basically the judge acknowledged that he was innocent and didn’t know she was under age and still convicted him because he doesn’t like hookups. The judge needs to be convicted
I'm sorry are you new to planet earth? Just in case you should know that our justice system is farcical, Murderers get a slap on the wrist and innocent people are thrown in jail every minute of every day. Also welcome it's not as bad as it looks!
the judge is part of a corrupt system paid for by billions of dollars of a lie of justice. the criminal justice justice is a lie for rich people that can afford the attorneys to defend them. state attorney and defense attorney with the the judges collaborate while playing golf and eating on taxpayer monies. its a shame that the people allow this, its a shame that the people allow this blatant perversion of the founders plan. this goes beyond this this shows how law makers are corrupted by lobbyists who pay millions to make law. its sad really sad and the media lies to you.
That Senator and judge are exactly what’s wrong with this country and should never be in a position of authority or power. Disgusting and disgraceful and the jury should be ashamed of themselves for ruining this poor kids life I wish the best for him. Also not lying about your age should be taught in schools and there should be some form of accountability for that parent or kid when there’s no verifiable facts.
I heard a story about a nine-year-old girl who was molested by her father and repeated the behavior on her younger siblings, as she was told it was normal by her abuser. She's now a registered sex offender for life. There needs to be a distinction made between sex offenders who are violent, sadistic rapists and sex offenders who got caught taking nudes of themselves when they were seventeen. Otherwise, justice is poorly served.
Honestly she should be the one being punished because she gave a false identity to him and also is on an adult dating app being only 14 years old. I am glad the mom and daughter didn’t try to give him extra time though.
Seriously, she admitted that she lied and the mom said that she didn't want this kid punished. But because the judge can't get any, now everyone has to suffer
The Dating WebSite should be held accountable! Don't you need to use a credit card to join? It's same if you meet a girl (or boy) at a bar. You take it for granted, that he/she has had their ID checked!. The Judge is an asshole with an ax to grind! The Judge probably never "got any" as a teen and is probably an evangelical, who preaches, then gets caught in a public bathroom, seducing young boys!
Religious or conservative nut cakes. I have no idea how these people are allowed to operate as part of the law while clearly they are incapable of objective views.
@Snow Wolf I'm a liberal and I would still call out on her bs. My point is the judge was clearly not able to come up with an objective view and destroyed this guy for personal beliefs. People like that have no place in the justice system.
@@FurlowT Exactly. Ignoring the fact that other people's sex lives should be private and not go depending on your personal beliefs, the judge did not even take into account that he's a kid that says stupid stuff that he should not in court. Because, you know, HE'S A KID.
@@sportingdirector1 @sportingdirector1 SHE LIED ABOUT BEING 17 YRS OLD!!!! 7 FKN TEEN YEARS OLD!! THATS STILL UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AND 18 IS FEDERALLY THE AGE OF CONSENT!!! AND FEDERAL LAW SURPASSES STATE LAWS, AND HE WAS STILL KNOWINGLY AND WILLINGLY GOING TO GO FK WITH AN UNDERAGE 17 YR OLD MINOR! HE DESERVES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OR AT THE VERY LEAST, in prison. AND... WHO TF GETS A 17 YR MIXED UP WITH A 14 YR OLD!? IM SURE SHE LOOKED, TALKED, ACTED, AND BEHAVED 14 TOO, AND HE IGNORED IT.
It's always on the adult in the situation to be responsible. We don't generally hold children to the same standard as adults. We as a society have decided they don't have the requisite knowledge or maturity to make important life choices.
Don't agree with a so harsh punishment for someone that is not of age yet. But if you lie about your age, them who acts on these lies and have consensual sex with you should not be punished.
I wouldn’t feel sorry for him if he was older, because there’s no way a 30 year old should be going for someone that looks that young, but he was only literally 19. People around that age don’t always look much different from each other. I’m 18 and to me this guy looks anywhere from 15-21. So sad.
I’m 23 and work in a grocery store as a cashier. Most of my customers think I’m 16-17 and they always asked if school has been canceled for the day b/c I’m at work. It’s not always that easy to tell someone’s age from the way they look….
He doesn't care. They think they are gods. A judge tried to take my daughter away because I'm in drug treatment but had been off drugs before I got pregnant.. And all I had was a public prosecutor so I was almost shit out of luck if the drug program hadn't stepped in and told him he's breaking a federal law and if they do this this will take him to the supreme court. Thank god for those people! Uneducated old ass judges that are mad at society and how the world is changing and are stuck in the good ole boy system..
One of the most shocking things is the judge's line on hookup culture. It suggests he is punishing him for promiscuity rather than for the age difference, its like the judge recognizes this was actually a consesual encounter and just doesn't care. That is sick.
An old friend of mine was 17 dating a 15 year old. He turned 18 before she turned 16. After they broke up, she was able to charge him. He is on the list, it broke his life, and I miss him but he's deep in drugs. He did nothing wrong.
@@annetteslife The ones that put the kid through hell is the laws and peoples views not the kid, she did nothing wrong, nor did he. They did nothing wrong to begin with.
Just a little update for you guys: He was taken off the sex offender list, the parents started a petition and gathered over 200k supporters. I am happy Zach can now live life how he deserved but disappointed that they didn't take the charges off immediately when the daughter and mom even said it wasn't his fault.
What she did is called Rape in some states Rape by fraud is defined as such in Tennessee: 39-11-106a Title definitions. (13) Fraud means as used in normal parlance and includes, but is not limited to, deceit, trickery, misrepresentation and subterfuge, and shall be broadly construed to accomplish the purposes of this title; Obtaining intercourse through fraud, just as force or coercion, constitutes rape because it vitiates the consent of the victim. Tennessee prohibits intercourse "induced by deception," "accomplished by fraud," and obtained by "ruse."
It’s funny that this kid will be paying 25 year sentence for a non criminal offense but thousands of criminal are released with no consequences after murder, assault and many others crimes. The system is really broken.
This man is traumatized man, you can literally see throughout the whole video he’s depressed, he probably feels like he’s a monster for sleeping with someone underage, especially a 14 year old.
Wumpis agreed. traditionalism isn’t the metric for justice. the constitution does not pertain to cultural changes, the constitution is the structure for which ways culture can change. this judge is disgraceful and has a personal bias.
I dont like the judge but thats basically how its like. Dating isnt dating anymore, it should be called f'ing LOL. They used to be called dating apps. Now they are called hook-up apps.
Cloud9 the line “meet, hook up, have sex, sayonara is inappropriate” is something that should be said maybe in a church. The fact that that’s the first fucking argument the judge mentioned is fucking diabolical
MORE LIKE HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS ! THESE CORRUPT OFFICIALS. USE THEIR POSITIONS IN POWER 4 RETALIATION. JUST ASK HUMBOLDT COUNTY. ? THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.....
sr20DETdrift well even though it is messed up, he did technically commit a crime, even if he didn’t know it. (But I would like to see a picture of the girl to see if she looks 14 or 17)
@@elizaog exactly though, it is a technicality that landed this guy in jail. Are we suppose to check I.D now when dating? even if we do, what if the I.D is fake? This all could have been handled much better considering her family and herself were apologetic and wanted charged dropped.
You know, even if that girl is a minor, she would have face charges for lying to her age to him for not being 18 years old. She was the real reason why Zach got in trouble by the Judge in the first place and was the reason that he was register as a sex offender.
Closet Pedophiles are often non-violent, and they look exactly just like him, tbh! Yes, people in this hookup culture are softer when it comes to kid on kid, but under the law he is NO LONGER a kid, but a fully grown ADULT! That's where the hookup cultures fk up!
" i would think he would have asked for her ID." Yes, because every time i meet someone, i immediately ask them for their ID, birth certificate, last 4 of their social, you know, the essentials...
If you were in the habit of having sex with 17 year old girls you barely know then it wouldn't be that strange to ask for confirmation of age. If he had met her family even once he would have known her age. Dude fucked up.
@@hotcrazycatladyme168 She didn't ask for her id a guy can lie about his age as well, it would have been just as messed up if a 14 year old boy lied about his age to a girl
Some people really shouldn’t be in power.. the judge really sentenced this man to 25 years as a sex offender because he hates hookup culture. What a joke.
@@Coletrain.sp. cause his town knows who is he. People are horrible and very judgmental. Jobs will see that on his record (unless it was sealed) but he was on the news. Who knows what kind of job he could get.
It's sad that the law actually does work that way. Even if the girl showed you a fake driver's license that said she was 21, you can still be convicted if she's actually underage. In many states, THERE IS NO LEGAL DEFENSE if you are catfished by a minor, no matter how many efforts the minor took to conceal/misrepresent their age. If you two had sex, you're guilty, regardless of the facts and circumstances.
well why not honestly.. it would be smart. And done jokingly it would not even be such a turnoff. Were I to raise a son, I'd tell him to jokingly get proof of every girl's age. You could do that in a non-serious manner, like when you're out and she's presenting a licence for getting a drink "hey let me see that picture of yours" (of course when jumping into bed 5 min after meeting that s difficult..). And the law, you have to admit, actually makes sense if you consider young immature girls. They ARE frequently preyed upon by much older guys exploiting vulnerabilities (trouble or neglect at home, developmental delays, intellectual or mental deficits, drug abuse, sexual abuse at home etc). This guy is the atypical older guy with sexual relations with a minor, and considering the facts of the case it is right to give him a much more lenient sentence. But not all of them, by far, are "good guys", on the contrary.
I never thought I would defend someone convicted of being a sex offender, but the judge needs to be looked into. This sounds personal and I do not feel he’s a criminal. Even the victim and her family finds this to be corrupt.
I couldn't agree with you more! That judge made it personal in my eyes. So insanely wrong. Most judges I've seen are 60s,70s, and are stuck in their ways. They may be a judge, but that doesn't make them inhuman. We're all creatures of habit
Ikr! Personally I don't like hook up culture either, but ruining a boy's entire life like that for the judge's own personal values and beliefs is just sickening.
There is a big issue with what the judge said. He said he was sentencing the way he did because he disagrees with hookup culture and said nothing about the age difference. Hookup culture is not illegal and his opinion of it should have nothing to do with this teen’s punishment. I can’t believe the lawyer didn’t cling to that for the appeal.
I caught that, too. I am in 100% agreement with his position on hookup culture, but that has zero basis on the case. That judge should be removed from the bench, and disbarred, permanently. He should also be jailed for the same length of time that the young man was jailed. I wonder how many other people he convicted for violating his personal morals? Every single one of his cases should be reviewed.
Judges like that deserve to loose everything in there life. Not just their jobs. Their income, reputation, family life, and most importantly freedom. Cause he took this young mans freedom away.. I have no respect for these vermins
That judge should be removed. His personal opinion is over ruling justice. Condemning someone because you don't like that people hookup is not justice.
It's kind of still his fault for trusting an online site and then doing someone in a play ground i mean ......tf man??🤦he just broke a law of public indecency
This kid: I didn’t mean it Kids parents: He didn’t do anything wrong Girl: It’s my fault. Nothing should happen to him Girls Parents: I don’t blame him, my daughter messed up. Judge: Welp, you get three months in prison and 25 years as a sex offender. 220,000 people: No! That’s not right! Judge: 🙄🙄🙄 fine I guess
She admitted she lied. Absolve him of all charges and charge her instead. It is too easy for women to ruin men's lives with lies and then never get any sort of punishment.
this happened to me, but she wore a wig and 2 hours of make-up to look older. had high school stories and told me she planned for me to meet her mom we met on an adult only website because she gained unauthorized access to an interstate computer causing it to output fraudulent age(federal crime) to lure an adult to rape. Lied to detective about us meeting on an app called hangouts, which is impossible to meet on hangouts. obstructions to hide the other 204 victims testified to this under oath, I got no bail like a murderer. eventually released on an ankle monitor which i have paid over $6000 fees so far waiting for them to indict me for being raped. in Alabama, California, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, it is illegal to lie or deceive and then obtain sex, adult impersonation is actually called *ra/pe, a 2nd degree felony but minor females can't consent to commit rap/e, even though minor males have been convicted, statutory rape laws allow females to commit rape against males imagine a perpetrator of rap/e, testifying against their victim, to lock up them up for being rap/ed law* Rape by fraud is defined as such in Tennessee: 39-11-106a Title definitions. (13) Fraud means as used in normal parlance and includes, but is not limited to, deceit, trickery, misrepresentation and subterfuge, and shall be broadly construed to accomplish the purposes of this title law.rutgers.edu/sites/law/files/Lies%20Rape%20and%20Statutory%20Rape__final%20edits__9781107108783c04_p194-253.pdf www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3010&context=ilj www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/1153_3mf2xrp3.pdf gould.usc.edu/centers/clhc/events/feature/documents/Rubenfeld.pdf scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1051&context=ndlr_online digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1102&context=fac_pub digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=5956&context=fss_papers papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=964686 www.researchgate.net/publication/228134785_Adult_Impersonation_Rape_by_Fraud_as_a_Defense_to_Statutory_Rape nysbar.com/blogs/lawstudentconnection/2013/11/rape_by_fraud_deception_or_imp.html
Dude he got him self Into this he's 19 trying to have sex with a 17 year old that's still a crime but she turned out to be 14 just makes it even worse how could you not tell between a 17 year old body and 14 year old body your an idiot for thinking this is right it's sick In the U.S you can't have sex until your 18 legely
@@souljaspazzin federal and most states legal age is 16 in states with romeo&juliet laws, the age of consent is 12-14 but they can't consent to someone more than 4 years older. who's the idiot now
@@ihatecrackhead idk what state your talking about but the U.S legal age to have consent is 18 is the lowest there isn't 12-14 in the U.S the lowest of age in the world to have consent is in th Philippines this ain't the Philippines it's the U.S idiot
I hate rapists and pedophiles, but these circumstances are different, the charge and punishment is unfair. The justice system has failed us in this case.
@@marge2548 Still didn't help tho. No one likes to admit it because to do so is to admit that the system is flawed, but that sort of detail has an unconscious effect on jurors. Most jurors don't think in terms of reason, inference, logic and probability because criminal cases are often quite complex -- and quite frankly boring, so most jurors analyse the case as a story. Any detail in their story about a playground in a case like this can easily trigger the wrong instinct.
@@matthewvaughan8192 I wonder why? Is this a cultural thing? It‘s just a place probably quite lonely after dark, to me. (And I do have kids. But I am not from the US) It’s not as if he was lurking there in order to pick up kids, he went to a dating app for grown-ups and expected to meet a grown-up person. And I commented elsewhere that the place they met in was her hometown, not his, so it’s reasonable to assume that she told him where to drive, as he would not know his way around town. But I suppose you are right: I am reasoning all the time, and many other people will rather not do that.
@@marge2548 It might be a Western thing due to sheer average length of cases. I’m not sure. I just know that criminal trials are for the most part, an absolute snooze-fest. They take forever. Most of it is boring legal talk. It’s painfully detail-oriented & demanding fortitude; the intricacies of forensic evidence. There will always be a good few on a 12 man jury that are just flat-out bored by scientific, clinical subjects - and then some of those jurors might be unflappable in deliberation. In the post-conviction documentary about Daniel Holtzclaw’s trial (police officer accused of like 15 cases of SA,) jurors openly admitted to tuning out pretty much every time a geneticist opened their mouth about the DNA evidence (which was quintessential to the case.) If science bores you, you basically have 2 options in cases like that; trust the academic authority, or go off who spins the better narrative i.e. which legal team is most competent at gaining your attention. So, when the prosecution is gifted the arsenal of an interesting narrative that dwells around the threshold of reasonable doubt e.g. sinister creep brings underage girl to playground to make her feel comfortable, or handsy police officer abused his power to target black women (Holtzclaw,) it can have a profound effect on jurors uninterested by forensics. OJ Simpson is another classic example. The defence team was quite simply more entertaining than the prosecution. It’s human nature to think in stories and simplify, and furthermore natural to be drawn to the finer yarn.
@@matthewvaughan8192 I wonder why this is the case. Is this a cultural thing? (I am not from the US) To me, a playground at night is basically a rater empty place. (And yes, I am female and I do have kids). Furthermore, I took it (as I commted elsewehere, too) that he visited her hometown, instead of the other way round. This means that she was with some probability the one who chose the playground as the place of action. And then - it's not as if he was lurking for ages at a playground to get hands on a minor - instead he was using a dating app for people of age in order to... well, meet ppl of age, I guess. But methinks I am reasonning way too much...🤣
Why is this 14 yr old female not facing legal repercussions for fraud. She Misled him. And where were her parents, they should have warned her away for Dating sites where you have to lie about your age to gain access.
Elegast wow well more than half of the population in America are Christians and that has nothing to do with that case. People like you blaming religion than the person are the reason the world isn't a better place. You probably believe the world is better without religion.
Samuel Piang He got the sentence because he didnt like loose sex before marriage, which is a christian virtue. So dont say christianity has nothing to do with this... If the judge sentenced with reason he would be discharged
reduced sentence? hell no. he didn't commit a crime and the supposed "victim" and her parents didn't want to press charges so they legally can't convict him. not only should he get that removed from his record but he should sue the department that arrested him and the judge and prosecutor that convicted him. That judge belongs in prison for false imprisonment and abuse of power.
How terrible! I just saw the news about a man raping and beating 6 women and not spending any time behind bars for 5 of the cases. Then a kid has his life turned upside down for something he didn't do. He may have been assaulted in jail because she was a minor. These things happen all the time. There is no justice in this evil world!
Agreed. In the end he sentenced him not for rape, but for having casual sex, which isn't a crime. When judges can't be objective, they shouldn't be judges.
I’m proud of the Mom and the daughter for not being entitled brats about the situation and are actually trying to Defend Zach. Cheers to the mom and daughter
yall in the comments acting like the villain in this story was a 14 year old child who lied about her age (young people make stupid decisions) and not a pious adult judge who wants to criminalize premarital sex because of his personal beliefs. Please check yourselves and your biases before you say “many women (girls, they’re children) lie about their age”. And she admitted to it, and expressed it was wrong of her.
@Ging I've made plenty of mistakes but I generally try to avoid making mistakes involving my dink. Do you think he's figured out how to verify a females age now?
@@insomthegreat stop playing dumb. You know as well as everyone else these girls look many years older than they actually are. And they take advantage of that. Now if you say that you ask every girl you meet "age?" You're a lying virgin. It's not this kids fault at all. I had a little bitch almost do the same to me. I wasn't interested, but there wasn't a single person at that festival that saw her any younger than 18 or 19. Turns out, she was 13. Pissed a lot of people off, both male and female festival goers that she was willing to deceive other guys and ruin their lives. Not the kid's fault.
So the judge just casually ruined his life because he/she doesn't like when teens hookup and then not talk ever again. Sounds like someone got stood up one too many times.
This happened to me in 1999. Its been 25 yrs and it has ruined my life. Its cost me many jobs and makes it impossible to find a job willing to understand. Im now 44 and still struggle. I petitioned the court to have it expunged but they said no. I completed all their classes, paid restitution, jail time, counseling, and havent re offended. I've paid for my crime for 25 years now and they don't care. It was the biggest mistake of my life. And I pay for it every day.
for those wondering he's been resentenced. He's no longer a registered sex offender, and was given 2 years probation instead. The 2 years probation was also much less strict than before, and he's allowed to use a computer for school purposes. He should be free by now I believe.
The girl was 14. She even admitted she fucked up. She apologized. I did stupid shit when I was 14. Not stuff like this, but still. Blame the idiot judge.
That judge essentially used a legal technicality to go after someone who wasnt a criminal just because he disagreed with his lifestyle. That judge needs to be put on trial, this is abuse of power, straight and simple, and he didnt even attempt to hide it.
no honestly that was the most fucked up part. like the judge literally said himself that it wasn't the crime he just doesn't like hookup culture so he fucked the kid up. the fact a justice system can even come down to the judge not liking something is a broken system
@Angry Combat Wombat you obviously don't know what your talking about, he had NO knowledge that she was 14, think of this like a 14 year old trying to get into a porn site, the porn site can't know that the 14 year old is there all they can do is give warnings that you have to be 18, so basically the 14 year old gets on a ADULT dating site and lies about their age and nobody can do anything about it, he thought they would be old enough because it's a adult site but she wasn't and I have no idea why she would think that it's OK to lie when she could easily get a man her age to have sex with as that's not illegal. He shouldn't have even been in jail in the first place, that judge was just being biased beyond belief.
Remember young men: When you meet a woman, ask for their ID and make sure they sign a 10 page consent form! It's the only way to stay out of jail. Ridiculous.
Daniel Sadjadi Oh yeah it is just soooo not weird to ask someone for their ID. It is totally normal to just ask for a girl's ID before proceeding into a romantic interest. Come on man. Also, there are consent forms! This isn't a rare anecdote. This happens and it happens A LOT.
You know what it is very ridiculous but to be honest with you way things are right now in the way things are going it’s sad to say it but I just have to start doing it . And I’m sorry for making light of it but I know everyone member South Park episode with pc principal passing out the consent forms
For what crime? I'm on probation, but that's because I was convicted of an offense and it was part of my agreement to avoid a longer time in prison. What crime did this boy commit?
He got charged 90 days for "meet, hook up, sex, sayonara" because the judge thought it was inappropriate behavior? Lmfao he charged him according to his morals not the law smh
Why people that grew up in such old time frames shouldn’t be aloud to judge today’s laws or people because they didn’t grow up in this time period so they don’t understand their opinions are irrelevant cuz the time period they grew up in was so different
@@billnythehighestguy690 their personal opinion shouldn't influence their sentencing at all. that why it shouldn't matter what time period they're from.
That judge never got none in school or his wife/girlfriend messed around that way. He believes in taking girls on dates 6 times and getting married before sex. LOSER.
Wow he can't live near a boat ramp he must have had sex with the boat ramp he should have act the boat ramp how old are you in the boat ramp would have said I'm two years old f****** sued need to be sued and a complaint file on his ass that's one thing I like doing I love filing paperwork on judges you can have all the fun you want in your courtroom but once they leave me away and I get back to the cell block I immediately got a pencil and a piece of paper in my hand now maybe it won't do anything but that's not the point the point is it'll create a record. That's the point.
How was he suppose to know the girl he met was actually 14...? Usually, when you meet someone, you can at least trust they're telling the truth of their age...
And that girl that lied about her age gets off Scott free. She should be on the sex offenders list because she lied to have sex. And she needs to be sitting in prison today. The stupid judges, in both trials need to be disbarred and debeanched for not having common sense. I hope that senator that drafted the law never gets reelected.
@Ph0uad Tbh shouldn't he of suspected her being under age, by just seeing her in person or even by hearing her voice . There was probably so many signs she was lying about her age
She should be the one arrested. Not the guy, but Women don't get into trouble nowadays. Apparently, we have to be mind readers and hope that the girl is over the age of consent.
She lied to his face about her age. She lied on the app about her age, she wouldn’t of been able to talk to Zach if she didn’t do that. If she didn’t lie about her age multiple times, this wouldn’t of happened. Whilst a 14 years old can’t fully understand or consent to sex, they can understand lying and why it’s wrong. So she should be charged for knowingly lying about something so serious, there must be a name for that charge but I’ll find out.
"Whilst a 14 years old can’t fully understand" Who told you that? There are 14-year-olds who understand college-level math, various fields of science, etc., including rocket science, and sex isn't exactly rocket science. "or consent to sex" In Indiana where this story took place, and in many other states, a 14-year-old can legally consent to sex with someone who is 17 years and 364 days old, but not with someone who is a day older than that. In other words, it's arbitrary.
@@MaximRecoil Some laws aren’t right. Do you think Japan’s previous age of consent was right? It was 13, anyone could have sex with a 13 year old and up in Japan until a few years ago. Now it’s 16, anyone can sex with someone 16 years old and over in many places. It’s not right but still somehow the law. I could go on about many laws in America that are so out dated and negatively affect the majority.
@@stitchedmouthgirl Since your post didn't actually address anything I said, it's a non sequitur. It also merely consists of your opinions, not facts or logic. In order to establish that a law isn't right, you have to point out a logical flaw, a constitutional conflict, or something else that's provably wrong with it. Your gut feeling-based opinion about a particular law doesn't establish that the law isn't right.
Update for everyone: he’s been taken off the list
Thank god.
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
my nephew is basicly in same boat as this kid.he was 19 at a party with friends and hooked up with someone who turned out to be underage.judge was understanding about it cuz for real most people arnt gonna ask for an id.but years later a different judge decided to take it back to court and now hes on the list.system is messed up.
Tyler B thats fucked... every system in this country is broken tbh
Thank God
"its inappropriate to have sex and not be married"
so the judge sentenced him due to religious reasons
Which, might i add to your statement, is unconstitutional depending on how you look at it.
Bruh
Sue the judge
Did the judge say anything about marriage?
Also in the Bible both parties paid the consequences. So if they're not going to do anything to her, his sentence should be lighter. They should allow him to have a normal life because some of them judges did the same things or worse when they were teenagers. I will agree with Justice, but also Mercy.
If the girl had presented a fake ID he would still be charged.
Sure would have since there was a case in Georgia about 10 years ago where a 22 year old met a girl off a app brought home he and his parents checked her id it said she was 20 come to find out she was actually 14 and he ended up being arrested 2 days later
@@theclassicgamer20 That's outrageous
@@theclassicgamer20the kid should’ve been arrested ngl
That ID comment was total victim blaming.
@@KimberlyCaldwell-xb2if Who is the victim in that case though? If someone has been cautious, asked for age and then asked for proof of age and they have a perfect looking fake ID that matches up to their lied age, then I can't see how the underage person could be the victim when they have conned someone who has done what they can to check that they aren't going to be with a minor. If someone intentionally is looking for someone underage then they need to be locked away for a long time, but if someone is doing everything they can to ensure they aren't seeing someone under age, but they have been conned then it is completely different matter.
As much as I am against the hookup culture. What that judge did was WAY TOO FAR!!! You're deliberately going to impose an excessive punishment on him just because you disagree with his actions, want to "teach him a lesson," and make an example of him. You're basically ruining his life before it even begins! You don't impose your beliefs on someone, no matter what they may be, by abuse of power and excessive punishment! Absolutely unacceptable!
It’s because he had sex with a little girl you creep
I had something similar with cannabis. My life was essentially destroyed for possessing cannabis at his age. Who was I harming. The judge thought cannabis was the devils drug. And now it’s legal in more than half of the US but I still sit her as a felon.
@chrisbenefield9963 that honestly sucks cause now even in the backwards ass state of Arkansas, where I live we have medical dispensaries and if you don't have a card the most that'll happen is they take the weed you have
But hear me out, when it's framed as an injustice, we'll be like the laws are too harsh. Next month when some pedo rapes a kid, we'll go back to saying all sex offenders should be shot. Fucking apes change their tune based on the tone of the voiceover and the musical accompaniment
The judge was probably just butthurt cus they don’t get any action
The judge basically convicted him because he didn't like the culture of a one night stand.
Judge handed down a prejudicial decision. Even stated his "personal bias" in it. An appeal would have caused this conviction to be over turned. Get the judge off the bench. Parents could sue the girls family and the state for this
Exactly exactly u ah smart man 🖕🏾dese judges 🖕🏾12
Darnell Onyewu Thompson that’s bullshit imo.
That judge is fucking asshole.
The reason why i hate judges. I know there has to be someone to deside punishments and stuff but why is their opinion the way it should be. They choose if someone behaves right or not like wtf
He was catfished. That’s the crime.
He wasn’t catfished 😭 she lied her age
JHS SQUAD that’s literally catfishing
christy capers yes! Catfish should be a crime lol
I need a picture of an ID bitch lol
Completely unfair and unjust what this man is going through.
When I was Deputy in Orlando, we had a guy in a bar drinking. He met a girl there who was also drinking, so safe to assume she has to be at least 21. Takes her to a motel, then fast forward. Turns out she is 16 and OPD arrested him and then they sentenced him to jail and sex offender status. Bar did not get in trouble for serving minors, because she had a fake ID. As far as I know, she never got in any trouble either. Now just exactly how was that guy guilty of anything? The law has to be about JUSTICE and should be flexible and open to interpretation, not just about blindly sticking to the letter of the law like a malevolent robot.
I disagree. Ignorance of the law is never an excuse, so neither is ignorance of circumstances. I hope that he's still in prison.
@@DarthVil Ragebaiter spotted
@@DarthVillol ur pathetic
@@DarthVil She lied to him and had a fake ID
Wow, that judge needs to be disbarred.
Yup he isn’t on the list anymore. He’s completely free.
Michael Howe really, thank god
Do you have proof, I believe you I just wanna see it.
R Alexandra ty
Yes
Let's goo
To those who say, "he should have known" Really? I've met 13 year olds who look 20 and 25 year olds who look 12.
Right? Who asks for ID when they're going on a date?
Hey wassup girl, hey real quick before we get down for some hot action, can I check out yo id?
Historian23 exchanging ids enhances the experience.
@@shadowninja958 I have to say that driving twenty miles to bang a girl that you've never met is pretty lame.
Gold Winger the laws about this shit break themselves
This is why lying about your age should be a crime. The judge deserves to be jailed for ruining this poor boy's life. The girl deserves juvie not Zach.
She was probably groomed by a real p*do to do that
The girl just made a childish mistake, but she did the right thing in the end. neither of them deserve anything
It certainly is a crime to do so if you're trying to buy alcohol or tobacco.
@@johntracy72 right? You can go to juvie for tryna buy tobacco or alcohol with a fake ID but girls can get away with lying about their age.
Neither one of them should be in jail, they're both kids and neither had malicious intent
i was arrested in 2007 for similar reasons. at the age of 27. in my instance, my only crime was being in a 21 or older byob bar and giving a ride to a girl. i dropped her off at the house where she slept with her 21 yr old boyfriend. turns out she was the 15 yr old daughter of the DJ. she didnt want to get her boyfriend in trouble so she pointed the finger at me... i spent 2 yrs on a 75k bond. my grandmother had to refinance her home to pay the bond. we spent thousands in legal fees and i too ALMOST ended up on that predator list... there needs to be moree protection of men, instead of just throwing them under the bus every time.
Honestly at this point, sombody just needs to sue the Judical branch. At its heart, it's a corrupt and failed system that's caused more problems than its worth and put more innocents and mentally ill in jail than the actually 'guilty'
dam
I feel like you're the hiding truth in your story. Why did you get in trouble, what do you mean she pointed the finger at you, how is it anything to do with you? What does her being the dj's daughter have to do with anything, or do you mean she was there when she shouldn't have been simply because she was the Dj's daughter? How did you not know the difference between a 15yo and a 21 yo? Why were you driving her around? If you are innocent, then you should have fought harder because I don't see how you're any part of this unless they determined that you were guilty given the sheer number of questions that you seemingly thought were not red flags and still continued to make the choices that you made.
@@chirpbirds924 i think DJ is District judge?
Oh, hahaha@@someanimeshortssas2752
So basically the judge acknowledged that he was innocent and didn’t know she was under age and still convicted him because he doesn’t like hookups. The judge needs to be convicted
The judge is a hater . If he cant get what other people can he hates on it .
I'm sorry are you new to planet earth? Just in case you should know that our justice system is farcical, Murderers get a slap on the wrist and innocent people are thrown in jail every minute of every day. Also welcome it's not as bad as it looks!
@@ReaganKimberley jaycat
You're damned right.
yup
The only criminal i can see is the judge. He tried to ruin a kids life cause he didnt like his lifestyle.
They're supposed to be the VOICE of the law, not THE law.
This isn't about the Girl or the Boy. It's about a 5 Years of Probation Cash Cow. It's about Racketering and Extortion.
Joe Nathan White yea that judge needs to be fired or whatever. That’s BS
finna use mangekyo sharingan on her
the judge is part of a corrupt system paid for by billions of dollars of a lie of justice. the criminal justice justice is a lie for rich people that can afford the attorneys to defend them. state attorney and defense attorney with the the judges collaborate while playing golf and eating on taxpayer monies. its a shame that the people allow this, its a shame that the people allow this blatant perversion of the founders plan. this goes beyond this this shows how law makers are corrupted by lobbyists who pay millions to make law. its sad really sad and the media lies to you.
That Senator and judge are exactly what’s wrong with this country and should never be in a position of authority or power. Disgusting and disgraceful and the jury should be ashamed of themselves for ruining this poor kids life I wish the best for him.
Also not lying about your age should be taught in schools and there should be some form of accountability for that parent or kid when there’s no verifiable facts.
Yep, just like the rest of the self righteous republicans.
I heard a story about a nine-year-old girl who was molested by her father and repeated the behavior on her younger siblings, as she was told it was normal by her abuser. She's now a registered sex offender for life. There needs to be a distinction made between sex offenders who are violent, sadistic rapists and sex offenders who got caught taking nudes of themselves when they were seventeen. Otherwise, justice is poorly served.
Unfortunately, most people are too scared the topic to make those distinctions.
tf? take him off the list. she admitted she lied.
lucy n facts like that’s unfair his life is ruined cuz of her!
Exactly!!
@@mayhulk7514 yeah its been 5 years
Facts
Honestly she should be the one being punished because she gave a false identity to him and also is on an adult dating app being only 14 years old. I am glad the mom and daughter didn’t try to give him extra time though.
Seriously, she admitted that she lied and the mom said that she didn't want this kid punished. But because the judge can't get any, now everyone has to suffer
The dude got removed from the sex offender registry
Thobeka Mene You know that’s the most unfunny thing I’ve ever heard.
The Dating WebSite should be held accountable!
Don't you need to use a credit card to join?
It's same if you meet a girl (or boy) at a bar. You take it for granted,
that he/she has had their ID checked!. The Judge is an asshole with an ax to grind!
The Judge probably never "got any" as a teen and is probably an evangelical, who preaches, then gets caught in a public bathroom, seducing young boys!
EXACTLY 🙄🤦♀️👍👍
@@greentea4374 Speak for yourself, I thought it was hilarious.
Convict the judge to 90 years behind bars. Better yet throw away the key. No person like that should be a judge.
His parents are wonderful, you have no idea how rare it is to have parents this loving.
Wait so he was convicted because the judge doesn’t like hookups
Nails to your chalkboard yeah.. pathetic
Fuck the judge. How about that judge be dragged to hell.
Also fuck Republican Senator Rick Jones that wrote this zero tolerance law and for his comments on this specific case.
Waxoff Waxon because he wasn’t winning you would have even if you were innocent
The Judge should be disbarred.
Judge: "meet, hookup, have sex, sayonara. Totally inappropriate behavior"
and off what law are you basing this statement?
I thought the same Mr. Douchebag
Religious or conservative nut cakes. I have no idea how these people are allowed to operate as part of the law while clearly they are incapable of objective views.
@Snow Wolf I'm a liberal and I would still call out on her bs. My point is the judge was clearly not able to come up with an objective view and destroyed this guy for personal beliefs. People like that have no place in the justice system.
Judges that base the ruling off of their personal moral beliefs need to be uprooted from their positions...
@@FurlowT Exactly. Ignoring the fact that other people's sex lives should be private and not go depending on your personal beliefs, the judge did not even take into account that he's a kid that says stupid stuff that he should not in court. Because, you know, HE'S A KID.
He’s still a kid to me. How does that judge sleep at night knowing she caused this kid all these problems!
If you lie about your age, YOU should go to jail. Not the guy who thought you were of age.
??? Your logic is hella twisted
Because you're the one getting the other person in trouble when they're actually following the age rules @@KoopaHigh
@@sportingdirector1 @sportingdirector1 SHE LIED ABOUT BEING 17 YRS OLD!!!! 7 FKN TEEN YEARS OLD!! THATS STILL UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AND 18 IS FEDERALLY THE AGE OF CONSENT!!! AND FEDERAL LAW SURPASSES STATE LAWS, AND HE WAS STILL KNOWINGLY AND WILLINGLY GOING TO GO FK WITH AN UNDERAGE 17 YR OLD MINOR! HE DESERVES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OR AT THE VERY LEAST, in prison. AND... WHO TF GETS A 17 YR MIXED UP WITH A 14 YR OLD!? IM SURE SHE LOOKED, TALKED, ACTED, AND BEHAVED 14 TOO, AND HE IGNORED IT.
It's always on the adult in the situation to be responsible. We don't generally hold children to the same standard as adults. We as a society have decided they don't have the requisite knowledge or maturity to make important life choices.
Don't agree with a so harsh punishment for someone that is not of age yet. But if you lie about your age, them who acts on these lies and have consensual sex with you should not be punished.
Lying about your age should be extremely illegal offense
FPSKoda4 right people could be killed and raped in jail for this stuff.
It’s no joke.
Fucking True!!!
@@nunyuh111 I watch a guy called Larry lawton who was a convict and he tells the truth about the prison system
OTB ACiDz I watch him too!
FPSKoda4 I’m 100 years old
I get she was 14, but why is she writing like she’s 7💀
Have you ever met sex obsessed pre-teens? Not the brightest of people
Lmaoo
Plot twist: she's actually 7 and lied about being 17 and 14
"surprized"
Cuz
I wouldn’t feel sorry for him if he was older, because there’s no way a 30 year old should be going for someone that looks that young, but he was only literally 19. People around that age don’t always look much different from each other. I’m 18 and to me this guy looks anywhere from 15-21. So sad.
so true when I was 19 people thought I was 15. I'm 27 now and ppl think im barely 21
I’m 23 and work in a grocery store as a cashier. Most of my customers think I’m 16-17 and they always asked if school has been canceled for the day b/c I’m at work. It’s not always that easy to tell someone’s age from the way they look….
@@thesmirkingcheshire6936 yea exactly because you’re young.
@@pimiralii it’s actually genetics. My dad is 45 and he looks like he’s in his early 30’s.
@@thesmirkingcheshire6936 my point is that the older you get you won’t think a 14 year old is an adult
HOW IS HE AT FAULT IF SHE LIED? Who are the idiots who made this decision???
*Corrupt woke judge and some girl with unresolved daddy issues who lied*
Well ,the judge obviously.
@@hejalllit’s kinda scary how judges can’t just get fired so they can use their power however they want
And who's I D I O T you?
What a terrible judge. That judge shouldn't be one anymore.
Some teenage girl should claim to be 18, have sex with the judge, and get HIM sent to prison.
After all, if being lied to isn't a defense...
The judge should be in two :D
Abe Arin The age's 17, and 19 are very close. So with your logic, it's weird for a 34 year-old to have sex with a 32 year-old?
wtfitzal LOL, SO TRUE.
Abe Arin your actually a dumbass.
I hope the judge truly realizes that he has ruined this kids life
tried to, he's not on the registry anymore.
@Waxoff Waxon She lied to him about her age dumbfuck!
Waxoff Waxon she lied about her age dipshit
He doesn't care. They think they are gods. A judge tried to take my daughter away because I'm in drug treatment but had been off drugs before I got pregnant.. And all I had was a public prosecutor so I was almost shit out of luck if the drug program hadn't stepped in and told him he's breaking a federal law and if they do this this will take him to the supreme court. Thank god for those people! Uneducated old ass judges that are mad at society and how the world is changing and are stuck in the good ole boy system..
Ikr
One of the most shocking things is the judge's line on hookup culture. It suggests he is punishing him for promiscuity rather than for the age difference, its like the judge recognizes this was actually a consesual encounter and just doesn't care. That is sick.
An old friend of mine was 17 dating a 15 year old. He turned 18 before she turned 16. After they broke up, she was able to charge him.
He is on the list, it broke his life, and I miss him but he's deep in drugs.
He did nothing wrong.
that’s horrible. the judge should not be a judge anymore.
At least he is free now
nvm, didn't expect people to be reasonable.
It is not the fault of the judge. That kid should be ashamed of herself for putting this boy through hell
@@totoromar but still the girl should have not lied about her age so she is just as much to blame. So i am sticking to what i had said
@@annetteslife The ones that put the kid through hell is the laws and peoples views not the kid, she did nothing wrong, nor did he.
They did nothing wrong to begin with.
Just a little update for you guys:
He was taken off the sex offender list, the parents started a petition and gathered over 200k supporters. I am happy Zach can now live life how he deserved but disappointed that they didn't take the charges off immediately when the daughter and mom even said it wasn't his fault.
What she did is called Rape in some states
Rape by fraud is defined as such in Tennessee:
39-11-106a Title definitions.
(13) Fraud means as used in normal parlance and includes, but is not limited to, deceit, trickery, misrepresentation and subterfuge, and shall be broadly construed to accomplish the purposes of this title;
Obtaining intercourse through fraud, just as force or coercion, constitutes rape because it vitiates the consent of the victim. Tennessee prohibits intercourse "induced by deception," "accomplished by fraud," and obtained by "ruse."
thanks for this.. that boy did NOTHING wrong
Is he able to use his phone and computer now?
happy to hear that.
I'm happy for him
The judge was abusing his powers, plain as day
It’s funny that this kid will be paying 25 year sentence for a non criminal offense but thousands of criminal are released with no consequences after murder, assault and many others crimes. The system is really broken.
This man is traumatized man, you can literally see throughout the whole video he’s depressed, he probably feels like he’s a monster for sleeping with someone underage, especially a 14 year old.
Lesson learned don't trust anyone, especially online. Didn't he know people of his age that were not online???
@@TempleofBrendaSong nice try professor.
LSA DXM THC DPH DaYum we all know that teenage girls can lie about their age for sinister agendas.
Can’t just fuck anything that walks hro
@@Eastsidee817 im 21 and still never kissed anyone. I'm eating 40 benadryls my body will be found in a Denver playground
“Meet” “Hookup” “Have sex” “Sayonara”
Could a judge be any more unprofessional?
Wumpis agreed. traditionalism isn’t the metric for justice. the constitution does not pertain to cultural changes, the constitution is the structure for which ways culture can change. this judge is disgraceful and has a personal bias.
I dont like the judge but thats basically how its like. Dating isnt dating anymore, it should be called f'ing LOL. They used to be called dating apps. Now they are called hook-up apps.
“Have sex” isn’t terrible but still
Also, thats not ilegal, is his stupid opinion, and people are totally free to do it.
Wumpis idiot! He should not be a judge
So many of our laws just don't make any sense. This kid is not a threat to society in any way. This is just sad.
I know right?? And his life has barely even started, he doesn’t even have the same rights as a normal citizen 😢💔
I remember this, I felt so terrible for him. I hope he’s doing much better now
The judge must be a 50 years old virgin.
Alex Qiu older
He's probably religious and immune to logic.
Religious has nothing to dobwith it, hes just a douchebag
No, I bet he hasn’t even hit puberty
Cloud9 the line “meet, hook up, have sex, sayonara is inappropriate” is something that should be said maybe in a church. The fact that that’s the first fucking argument the judge mentioned is fucking diabolical
clearly sounds like the judge is sentencing the poor guy based on his personal beliefs.
sr20DETdrift it's certainly not justice
MORE LIKE HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS ! THESE CORRUPT OFFICIALS. USE THEIR POSITIONS IN POWER 4 RETALIATION.
JUST ASK HUMBOLDT COUNTY. ? THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.....
Nooo why would a judge ever do that? It's about *juuuuuuustiiiiiicee*
sr20DETdrift well even though it is messed up, he did technically commit a crime, even if he didn’t know it. (But I would like to see a picture of the girl to see if she looks 14 or 17)
@@elizaog exactly though, it is a technicality that landed this guy in jail. Are we suppose to check I.D now when dating? even if we do, what if the I.D is fake? This all could have been handled much better considering her family and herself were apologetic and wanted charged dropped.
You know, even if that girl is a minor, she would have face charges for lying to her age to him for not being 18 years old. She was the real reason why Zach got in trouble by the Judge in the first place and was the reason that he was register as a sex offender.
17 is still underage tho which is how old he thought she was
@@somebodyoncetoldme4640thank you! Also the fact that he was attracted to a literal child is horrifying.
@@elizabethb1096he was 19. 17 is not a “literal child” it is nearly 18
@@kell-yh4ec the law says otherwise but ok Jan
@@elizabethb1096 17 is a teenager. Not a child.
Putting this kid on the same list as violent/serial predators demonstrates how useless the registry actually is.
Closet Pedophiles are often non-violent, and they look exactly just like him, tbh!
Yes, people in this hookup culture are softer when it comes to kid on kid, but under the law he is NO LONGER a kid, but a fully grown ADULT! That's where the hookup cultures fk up!
I like how the parents are supportive because he didn’t do anything wrong.
No parents should ever blame their child for something they did not commit...
3310 3310 i wish my mom could understand this
Psycho Sammy who hurt you 🥺
@@cordawg696 their mom apparently
Cory Johnson talk about projecting 😔
" i would think he would have asked for her ID."
Yes, because every time i meet someone, i immediately ask them for their ID, birth certificate, last 4 of their social, you know, the essentials...
You got that right lol
Same.
If you were in the habit of having sex with 17 year old girls you barely know then it wouldn't be that strange to ask for confirmation of age. If he had met her family even once he would have known her age. Dude fucked up.
@@hotcrazycatladyme168 She didn't ask for her id a guy can lie about his age as well, it would have been just as messed up if a 14 year old boy lied about his age to a girl
When your hormones are in charge your not thinking ID check! RC
Some people really shouldn’t be in power.. the judge really sentenced this man to 25 years as a sex offender because he hates hookup culture. What a joke.
So he pretty much being punished for having sex. The system fails once again
Even though he’s off the registry, his life is still ruined.
Honestly Screw that Judge.
At least hes better off than most. He can work a job he likes from home and he has his own property.
How
@@Coletrain.sp. cause his town knows who is he. People are horrible and very judgmental. Jobs will see that on his record (unless it was sealed) but he was on the news. Who knows what kind of job he could get.
@@BaniBani_1998 He is a minor, his felons are automatically sealed
Her: "Hey come over, my parents aren't home"
Me: "Licence and registration please"
right 😂😂 poor kid, hope the best for him 🙏
Nice
Hehehe
It's sad that the law actually does work that way. Even if the girl showed you a fake driver's license that said she was 21, you can still be convicted if she's actually underage.
In many states, THERE IS NO LEGAL DEFENSE if you are catfished by a minor, no matter how many efforts the minor took to conceal/misrepresent their age. If you two had sex, you're guilty, regardless of the facts and circumstances.
well why not honestly.. it would be smart. And done jokingly it would not even be such a turnoff. Were I to raise a son, I'd tell him to jokingly get proof of every girl's age. You could do that in a non-serious manner, like when you're out and she's presenting a licence for getting a drink "hey let me see that picture of yours" (of course when jumping into bed 5 min after meeting that s difficult..). And the law, you have to admit, actually makes sense if you consider young immature girls. They ARE frequently preyed upon by much older guys exploiting vulnerabilities (trouble or neglect at home, developmental delays, intellectual or mental deficits, drug abuse, sexual abuse at home etc). This guy is the atypical older guy with sexual relations with a minor, and considering the facts of the case it is right to give him a much more lenient sentence. But not all of them, by far, are "good guys", on the contrary.
I never thought I would defend someone convicted of being a sex offender, but the judge needs to be looked into. This sounds personal and I do not feel he’s a criminal. Even the victim and her family finds this to be corrupt.
Wow. Ruin this kids life while letting the REAL child predators get off Scott free. This country is doomed in so many ways.
That judge's ruling leaves SO much room for appeal. He doesn't approve of "casual sex" so let's ruin this kids life? Hope the judge gets fired!
FnixGhod1 same
Truth!!
I couldn't agree with you more! That judge made it personal in my eyes. So insanely wrong. Most judges I've seen are 60s,70s, and are stuck in their ways. They may be a judge, but that doesn't make them inhuman. We're all creatures of habit
Judge is a complete prick for letting his personal beliefs override reason and circumstances.
Ikr! Personally I don't like hook up culture either, but ruining a boy's entire life like that for the judge's own personal values and beliefs is just sickening.
Why is nobody talking about the fact that he cannot stay at his parents' house because IT'S WITHIN 800 FEET OF A BOAT RAMP. WTF?!
Yeah seriously, don't leave him at home where he's supervised 24/7 by his parents, put him in a house by himself....
Because everyone saw it and felt no need to mention it because everyone else who watched this noticed that
@@alexradice8163 You poor thing.
Hahahaha foreal that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard
Probably a public ramp, and because Michigan is such a terrible place, they probably consider that a park or some garbage.
The judge should be taken off the bench
There is a big issue with what the judge said. He said he was sentencing the way he did because he disagrees with hookup culture and said nothing about the age difference.
Hookup culture is not illegal and his opinion of it should have nothing to do with this teen’s punishment. I can’t believe the lawyer didn’t cling to that for the appeal.
I caught that, too. I am in 100% agreement with his position on hookup culture, but that has zero basis on the case. That judge should be removed from the bench, and disbarred, permanently. He should also be jailed for the same length of time that the young man was jailed.
I wonder how many other people he convicted for violating his personal morals? Every single one of his cases should be reviewed.
That judge is disgusting. Convicted for a lifestyle he doesn't like and not for a crime.
That’s exactly what I was thinking
Exactly, how can you sentence someone because you don't like the way that they hooked up😂
Judges like that deserve to loose everything in there life. Not just their jobs. Their income, reputation, family life, and most importantly freedom. Cause he took this young mans freedom away.. I have no respect for these vermins
it was a crime. the girl was 14. her consent is irrelevant according to the law. however, because the girl lied, the case should be dismissed.
Exactly.
This kid ain’t no offender, he wouldn’t hurt a fly
Willy Rivas - They said the same thing about Jared Fogle.
They took him of the list
Idknonly weirdos use hot or not!
Luis Z you stupid as hell and you’re racist
pickle man preach brother
Wtf world do we live in where the girl says she wasn't a victim but the dude gets in trouble? Bunch of time wasters. TIME WASTERS.
its should be a felony for minors to lie about their age when it comes to romantic relationships.
That judge should be removed. His personal opinion is over ruling justice.
Condemning someone because you don't like that people hookup is not justice.
It's kind of still his fault for trusting an online site and then doing someone in a play ground i mean ......tf man??🤦he just broke a law of public indecency
@@SomeGuy-fl1gz and you broke a law of human decency
the judicial system gives to much power to judges thats why men who commit rape get 7-15 years and women get no time or less than 1 year...
@@coltonhoppe there are a lot of reasons but yeah that’s one
MEANWHILE MICHAEL JACKSON BRIBED EVERY JUDGE AND NEVER SPENT A DAY IN JAIL.
This kid: I didn’t mean it
Kids parents: He didn’t do anything wrong
Girl: It’s my fault. Nothing should happen to him
Girls Parents: I don’t blame him, my daughter messed up.
Judge: Welp, you get three months in prison and 25 years as a sex offender.
220,000 people: No! That’s not right!
Judge: 🙄🙄🙄 fine I guess
hotel? trivago
Senator: Be sure to always check your date's ID, if you don't, we'll throw you in jail for 3 months and ruin your life
would of been worse if he was black
220,000*
@@kingjames5670 He would've almost certainly gotten sent to jail for several years had he been black.
She admitted she lied. Absolve him of all charges and charge her instead. It is too easy for women to ruin men's lives with lies and then never get any sort of punishment.
Idk, it's kinda sus that he couldn't tell the difference between a baby face and a grown looking woman. There’s a clear physical difference.
Imagine being catfished, arrested and having your whole life ruined like this.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he faced trust issues growing up
this happened to me, but she wore a wig and 2 hours of make-up to look older. had high school stories and told me she planned for me to meet her mom
we met on an adult only website because she gained unauthorized access to an interstate computer causing it to output fraudulent age(federal crime) to lure an adult to rape.
Lied to detective about us meeting on an app called hangouts, which is impossible to meet on hangouts. obstructions to hide the other 204 victims
testified to this under oath, I got no bail like a murderer. eventually released on an ankle monitor which i have paid over $6000 fees so far waiting for them to indict me for being raped.
in Alabama, California, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, it is illegal to lie or deceive and then obtain sex, adult impersonation is actually called *ra/pe, a 2nd degree felony
but minor females can't consent to commit rap/e, even though minor males have been convicted, statutory rape laws allow females to commit rape against males
imagine a perpetrator of rap/e, testifying against their victim, to lock up them up for being rap/ed
law*
Rape by fraud is defined as such in Tennessee:
39-11-106a Title definitions.
(13) Fraud means as used in normal parlance and includes, but is not limited to, deceit, trickery, misrepresentation and subterfuge, and shall be broadly construed to accomplish the purposes of this title
law.rutgers.edu/sites/law/files/Lies%20Rape%20and%20Statutory%20Rape__final%20edits__9781107108783c04_p194-253.pdf
www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3010&context=ilj
www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/1153_3mf2xrp3.pdf
gould.usc.edu/centers/clhc/events/feature/documents/Rubenfeld.pdf
scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1051&context=ndlr_online
digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1102&context=fac_pub
digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=5956&context=fss_papers
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=964686
www.researchgate.net/publication/228134785_Adult_Impersonation_Rape_by_Fraud_as_a_Defense_to_Statutory_Rape
nysbar.com/blogs/lawstudentconnection/2013/11/rape_by_fraud_deception_or_imp.html
Dude he got him self Into this he's 19 trying to have sex with a 17 year old that's still a crime but she turned out to be 14 just makes it even worse how could you not tell between a 17 year old body and 14 year old body your an idiot for thinking this is right it's sick In the U.S you can't have sex until your 18 legely
@@souljaspazzin
federal and most states legal age is 16
in states with romeo&juliet laws, the age of consent is 12-14 but they can't consent to someone more than 4 years older.
who's the idiot now
@@ihatecrackhead idk what state your talking about but the U.S legal age to have consent is 18 is the lowest there isn't 12-14 in the U.S the lowest of age in the world to have consent is in th Philippines this ain't the Philippines it's the U.S idiot
I hate rapists and pedophiles, but these circumstances are different, the charge and punishment is unfair. The justice system has failed us in this case.
Bryon you shouldn't be on the bad guys side just because they are black, iv'e seen this type of wrong justice everywhere so stop.
Dnekar you shouldn’t have sex when you first meet someone anyway, that’s so stupid
How can you hate them, I love the I'm by VIGINA
Failed us? No, it failed this poor kid. He's in a fucked up situation.
Dnekar THE MOM AND DAUGHTER LITERALLY SAID NOT TO CALL THEM A VICTIM AND THEY STILL DO THIS TO HIM
Picking her up at a playground probably didn’t help tho 😳👮♂️
He met her at her house and they drove to a playground, tho.
@@marge2548 Still didn't help tho. No one likes to admit it because to do so is to admit that the system is flawed, but that sort of detail has an unconscious effect on jurors. Most jurors don't think in terms of reason, inference, logic and probability because criminal cases are often quite complex -- and quite frankly boring, so most jurors analyse the case as a story. Any detail in their story about a playground in a case like this can easily trigger the wrong instinct.
@@matthewvaughan8192 I wonder why? Is this a cultural thing?
It‘s just a place probably quite lonely after dark, to me. (And I do have kids. But I am not from the US)
It’s not as if he was lurking there in order to pick up kids, he went to a dating app for grown-ups and expected to meet a grown-up person.
And I commented elsewhere that the place they met in was her hometown, not his, so it’s reasonable to assume that she told him where to drive, as he would not know his way around town.
But I suppose you are right: I am reasoning all the time, and many other people will rather not do that.
@@marge2548 It might be a Western thing due to sheer average length of cases. I’m not sure. I just know that criminal trials are for the most part, an absolute snooze-fest. They take forever. Most of it is boring legal talk. It’s painfully detail-oriented & demanding fortitude; the intricacies of forensic evidence. There will always be a good few on a 12 man jury that are just flat-out bored by scientific, clinical subjects - and then some of those jurors might be unflappable in deliberation.
In the post-conviction documentary about Daniel Holtzclaw’s trial (police officer accused of like 15 cases of SA,) jurors openly admitted to tuning out pretty much every time a geneticist opened their mouth about the DNA evidence (which was quintessential to the case.) If science bores you, you basically have 2 options in cases like that; trust the academic authority, or go off who spins the better narrative i.e. which legal team is most competent at gaining your attention. So, when the prosecution is gifted the arsenal of an interesting narrative that dwells around the threshold of reasonable doubt e.g. sinister creep brings underage girl to playground to make her feel comfortable, or handsy police officer abused his power to target black women (Holtzclaw,) it can have a profound effect on jurors uninterested by forensics.
OJ Simpson is another classic example. The defence team was quite simply more entertaining than the prosecution. It’s human nature to think in stories and simplify, and furthermore natural to be drawn to the finer yarn.
@@matthewvaughan8192 I wonder why this is the case. Is this a cultural thing? (I am not from the US) To me, a playground at night is basically a rater empty place. (And yes, I am female and I do have kids).
Furthermore, I took it (as I commted elsewehere, too) that he visited her hometown, instead of the other way round. This means that she was with some probability the one who chose the playground as the place of action.
And then - it's not as if he was lurking for ages at a playground to get hands on a minor - instead he was using a dating app for people of age in order to... well, meet ppl of age, I guess.
But methinks I am reasonning way too much...🤣
Why is this 14 yr old female not facing legal repercussions for fraud. She Misled him. And where were her parents, they should have warned her away for Dating sites where you have to lie about your age to gain access.
She’s 14 and doesn’t know how to spell “dying” lmao
Dieing 🥴
snoopy dubnation everyone basically uses dating apps...some 14 yr olds now a days look like they’re 26 plus SHE LIED. Fucking idiots
snoopy dubnation shut yo clown ass up
snoopy dubnation I honestly have to agree. It’s wrong that he got charged but come on, he really can’t tell?
@@thawg5500 My classmates look like adults and I'm in 8th grade
That fucking judge should be disbarred.
Disgusting case of power abuse.
Hououin Kyouma That judge is probably a fucking christian conservative... I am so happy I dont live in that shithole
Elegast wow well more than half of the population in America are Christians and that has nothing to do with that case. People like you blaming religion than the person are the reason the world isn't a better place. You probably believe the world is better without religion.
Samuel Piang He got the sentence because he didnt like loose sex before marriage, which is a christian virtue. So dont say christianity has nothing to do with this... If the judge sentenced with reason he would be discharged
Agree
Elegast wow they need clear all charges
"Do you have a drivers license before I plow you" isn't going to fly Mr senator.
reduced sentence? hell no. he didn't commit a crime and the supposed "victim" and her parents didn't want to press charges so they legally can't convict him. not only should he get that removed from his record but he should sue the department that arrested him and the judge and prosecutor that convicted him. That judge belongs in prison for false imprisonment and abuse of power.
Boomer judge was mad that his wife took the kids and can't find anyone to bone
"Boomer Judge" 💀
🤣🤣🤣🤣
i bet he's not even married or had any
You mean Karen took the kids.
Typical stupid snowflake comment.
She’s definitely 14, writing him a note on One Direction paper lol
Lol I’m 36 and have 1D note papers
@@incubus4471 Exactly. What the fuck did that have to do with anything!??!
Rebekah is definitely ONE STUPID BITCH! 😂
She couldn't even spell dying
@@NoName-jy8oc no u, treat people the way u wanna be treated, at least dont call anyone names.
@@pixlitol your attitude sucks! 😂
How terrible! I just saw the news about a man raping and beating 6 women and not spending any time behind bars for 5 of the cases. Then a kid has his life turned upside down for something he didn't do. He may have been assaulted in jail because she was a minor. These things happen all the time. There is no justice in this evil world!
The judge was the Karen in this case...
Took it out of proportions. the involved party didn't want it, but the judge did.
That judge should be removed from service.
Sorry for the typo
@@michaelm4870 then edit your comment
Agreed. In the end he sentenced him not for rape, but for having casual sex, which isn't a crime. When judges can't be objective, they shouldn't be judges.
absolutely
That’s the bigger problem. These people holding peoples lives in the balance
I’m proud of the Mom and the daughter for not being entitled brats about the situation and are actually trying to Defend Zach. Cheers to the mom and daughter
Sounds like the mom of the daughter just wanted to understandably know the whereabouts of her daughter...and it turned into a way bigger thing
Nice profile pic *MOM*
Yeah. They are certainly the heros in this situation. Dumbass!
Exactly
She shouldn't be given any sort of respect. Accident or not, she ruined this boy. Plain and simple.
Age of consent laws need to be updated. If kids are able to decide their genders at 12, why can't they decide when they're old enough for sex?
yall in the comments acting like the villain in this story was a 14 year old child who lied about her age (young people make stupid decisions) and not a pious adult judge who wants to criminalize premarital sex because of his personal beliefs. Please check yourselves and your biases before you say “many women (girls, they’re children) lie about their age”. And she admitted to it, and expressed it was wrong of her.
I have 3 words. Not his fault
TacturtleXD
You can't bang 14 year olds because you fail to verify age.
@VeggiesForBrekky
I bet he's asking now.
Lmao ask for a girls Id while on the bed see how fast that gets her turned off lmao
@Ging
I've made plenty of mistakes but I generally try to avoid making mistakes involving my dink.
Do you think he's figured out how to verify a females age now?
@@insomthegreat stop playing dumb. You know as well as everyone else these girls look many years older than they actually are. And they take advantage of that. Now if you say that you ask every girl you meet "age?" You're a lying virgin. It's not this kids fault at all. I had a little bitch almost do the same to me. I wasn't interested, but there wasn't a single person at that festival that saw her any younger than 18 or 19. Turns out, she was 13. Pissed a lot of people off, both male and female festival goers that she was willing to deceive other guys and ruin their lives. Not the kid's fault.
So the judge just casually ruined his life because he/she doesn't like when teens hookup and then not talk ever again. Sounds like someone got stood up one too many times.
You very clearly didn't watch the video. Please don't voice your opinion.
he was lied to and she admitted to lying to him about her age lol
next time try actually WATCHING THE VIDEO
No, you had a purpose when you said what you said. Stick to your shitty call of duty videos and stop giving your opinion.
get out of here purple jumbo
PurpleJumbo YT You must have a learning disability.
This is America. This is one of probably hundreds of reasons I’m no longer proud to be an American.
This happened to me in 1999. Its been 25 yrs and it has ruined my life. Its cost me many jobs and makes it impossible to find a job willing to understand. Im now 44 and still struggle. I petitioned the court to have it expunged but they said no. I completed all their classes, paid restitution, jail time, counseling, and havent re offended. I've paid for my crime for 25 years now and they don't care. It was the biggest mistake of my life. And I pay for it every day.
I still don't understand how your whole future can be decided by the personal beliefs or even the mood of a judge. Judge needs to be fired.
Imagine being black in a time during segregation and having a white judge
@@trailersandteasers3421 and a 100% white racist jury of "your peers".
@@UnknownGamer40464 thats what happened to Emmett Till. Two racists murdered and tortured him over a lie and the all white jury let them go.
@Diego Arteaga Lopez ok
@Diego Arteaga Lopez calling someone black is not discriminatory in anyway 😐
for those wondering he's been resentenced. He's no longer a registered sex offender, and was given 2 years probation instead. The 2 years probation was also much less strict than before, and he's allowed to use a computer for school purposes. He should be free by now I believe.
Dragonofshame Thank God. I hope that girl pays for her crime
The girl was 14. She even admitted she fucked up. She apologized. I did stupid shit when I was 14. Not stuff like this, but still. Blame the idiot judge.
Daniela Portillo if anyone here is to blame is that virgin stupid ass judge for being such a fucking tool
Josh is cool true. but I still want that shit judge to suffer somehow
Ray Valle yeah definitely
"Dieing" Yup... She's 14
How tf you mistake a 14yo for a 17yo
M A K E U P
wake up and smell the roses. how fuckin nieve can you be
That judge essentially used a legal technicality to go after someone who wasnt a criminal just because he disagreed with his lifestyle. That judge needs to be put on trial, this is abuse of power, straight and simple, and he didnt even attempt to hide it.
Nada Kahil honestly why should Zach be punished for wanting to smash and pass as long as the girl is good with it older people are so old school
no honestly that was the most fucked up part. like the judge literally said himself that it wasn't the crime he just doesn't like hookup culture so he fucked the kid up. the fact a justice system can even come down to the judge not liking something is a broken system
The judge is a asshole
@Angry Combat Wombat you obviously don't know what your talking about, he had NO knowledge that she was 14, think of this like a 14 year old trying to get into a porn site, the porn site can't know that the 14 year old is there all they can do is give warnings that you have to be 18, so basically the 14 year old gets on a ADULT dating site and lies about their age and nobody can do anything about it, he thought they would be old enough because it's a adult site but she wasn't and I have no idea why she would think that it's OK to lie when she could easily get a man her age to have sex with as that's not illegal. He shouldn't have even been in jail in the first place, that judge was just being biased beyond belief.
Angry Combat Wombat That’s some logic you’ve got there. You do know judges can use their discretion when judging cases right?
Remember young men: When you meet a woman, ask for their ID and make sure they sign a 10 page consent form! It's the only way to stay out of jail.
Ridiculous.
Daniel Sadjadi Oh yeah it is just soooo not weird to ask someone for their ID. It is totally normal to just ask for a girl's ID before proceeding into a romantic interest. Come on man. Also, there are consent forms! This isn't a rare anecdote. This happens and it happens A LOT.
Checking id isnt that hard
Jombo ik ur being sarcastic but I think this sadly may be the future of relationships of any caliber
You know what it is very ridiculous but to be honest with you way things are right now in the way things are going it’s sad to say it but I just have to start doing it . And I’m sorry for making light of it but I know everyone member South Park episode with pc principal passing out the consent forms
Someone could easily fake an ID. You never know
The judge deserves jail time, What am over reaching self imposing piece of judicial crap.
He got resententaced to not on the registry and 2 years of probation
For what crime? I'm on probation, but that's because I was convicted of an offense and it was part of my agreement to avoid a longer time in prison. What crime did this boy commit?
@@icankillbugs nothing it’s probably just cuz he was in jail and on the account he technically did do something it wasn’t bad but it still happened
He got charged 90 days for "meet, hook up, sex, sayonara" because the judge thought it was inappropriate behavior? Lmfao he charged him according to his morals not the law smh
good things happen to bad people
we are in a society
Why people that grew up in such old time frames shouldn’t be aloud to judge today’s laws or people because they didn’t grow up in this time period so they don’t understand their opinions are irrelevant cuz the time period they grew up in was so different
@@billnythehighestguy690 their personal opinion shouldn't influence their sentencing at all. that why it shouldn't matter what time period they're from.
That judge never got none in school or his wife/girlfriend messed around that way. He believes in taking girls on dates 6 times and getting married before sex. LOSER.
Wow he can't live near a boat ramp he must have had sex with the boat ramp he should have act the boat ramp how old are you in the boat ramp would have said I'm two years old f****** sued need to be sued and a complaint file on his ass that's one thing I like doing I love filing paperwork on judges you can have all the fun you want in your courtroom but once they leave me away and I get back to the cell block I immediately got a pencil and a piece of paper in my hand now maybe it won't do anything but that's not the point the point is it'll create a record. That's the point.
There are real monsters out there. Why are we wasting time on people like him?
exactly.
We're not, the judge is the real monster here :3
How was he suppose to know the girl he met was actually 14...? Usually, when you meet someone, you can at least trust they're telling the truth of their age...
Courteney Conway I guess you're supposed to check ID lol!
morleigh13 yea we need to start focusing on monsters like Sam Pound or Larry Arthauer
Wow this is absolutely fucking outrageous. The guy got tricked. No way he deserves this
And that girl that lied about her age gets off Scott free. She should be on the sex offenders list because she lied to have sex. And she needs to be sitting in prison today. The stupid judges, in both trials need to be disbarred and debeanched for not having common sense. I hope that senator that drafted the law never gets reelected.
Who tf asks "can I see your driver's license?"😭😂
Cops
Delta777300 on the FIRST date
People that love their freedom
I do, now. Can’t afford not to. There’s a reason MGTOW exists.
Drivers licenses normally doubles as an ID, so regular IDs are kind of pointless for a grown person if they drive. So driver license = ID
The girl should be the one without internet
BlueBae YESS
Ph0uad well not really she told him that she was around the same age so if she just said her real age then none of this would of happened
Ph0uad agreed. This 14 year old was consious enough to say “aight lisen ima sex this guy”
@Ph0uad he is not at fault in any way, she lied about her age. Shes in the wrong.
@Ph0uad Tbh shouldn't he of suspected her being under age, by just seeing her in person or even by hearing her voice . There was probably so many signs she was lying about her age
She should be the one arrested. Not the guy, but Women don't get into trouble nowadays. Apparently, we have to be mind readers and hope that the girl is over the age of consent.
She lied to his face about her age. She lied on the app about her age, she wouldn’t of been able to talk to Zach if she didn’t do that. If she didn’t lie about her age multiple times, this wouldn’t of happened. Whilst a 14 years old can’t fully understand or consent to sex, they can understand lying and why it’s wrong. So she should be charged for knowingly lying about something so serious, there must be a name for that charge but I’ll find out.
"Whilst a 14 years old can’t fully understand"
Who told you that? There are 14-year-olds who understand college-level math, various fields of science, etc., including rocket science, and sex isn't exactly rocket science.
"or consent to sex"
In Indiana where this story took place, and in many other states, a 14-year-old can legally consent to sex with someone who is 17 years and 364 days old, but not with someone who is a day older than that. In other words, it's arbitrary.
@@MaximRecoil Some laws aren’t right. Do you think Japan’s previous age of consent was right? It was 13, anyone could have sex with a 13 year old and up in Japan until a few years ago. Now it’s 16, anyone can sex with someone 16 years old and over in many places. It’s not right but still somehow the law. I could go on about many laws in America that are so out dated and negatively affect the majority.
@@stitchedmouthgirl Since your post didn't actually address anything I said, it's a non sequitur. It also merely consists of your opinions, not facts or logic. In order to establish that a law isn't right, you have to point out a logical flaw, a constitutional conflict, or something else that's provably wrong with it. Your gut feeling-based opinion about a particular law doesn't establish that the law isn't right.