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Lokison posted...

So now a 20 year old can have sex with an 11 year old?

Shits weird dude. Wtf is going on.

The Reuter article explains it as;

In other words, rather than the young adult being an automatically registered as sex offender, the judge may decide. The most extreme example would be a 24-year-old engaging in non-coercive vaginal sex with a 14-year-old. A more common example, in which it would likely be inappropriate to add a person to the registry, would be a 19-year-old and a 17-year-old having vaginal sex.

But still seems pretty fucking weird. Some judges let the shittiest things pass, so those "extreme examples" could get through in some cases.

Edit: I think over 14 is the youngest an individual can give consent it says. Which is still weird as there can be a 10 year gap between those ages. So technically a 24 year old can have sex with a 14 year old and not be put on the sex offender register. Why would they even need to expand the law like this?