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[-] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

if absolutely needed it’s easy enough to just take any new dating prospect to a bar and let the bartender card them.

FYI this is not allowed to be used as a defense in court in some states (e.g. mine). If you card them and they have a fake ID, you're still criminally culpable for anything untoward.

[-] Oka@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 week ago

They break the law, they lie, and you get in trouble still?

[-] DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

Punishing people for sex that their imaginary friend wouldn't approve of is far more important than justice or fairness to most people.

[-] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's not that blatant:

F.S.S. 794.021:

Ignorance or belief as to victim's age no defense

When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim's being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the [...]

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