I was just talking to a friend of mine that's currently in prison. One of the people he's in with had been convicted in the past of having consentual sex with a seventeen year old — he was in his forties at the time. He did his prison time and vowed not to make the same mistake — although he certainly didn't lose his taste for young women (and judging by cable TV porn lineups, neither has anyone).
Now in his fifties and presumably the quintessial dirty old man, he's still more than willing to accept lolita hummers — after checking their ID. As a result he's recently been arrested again, this time for having (willing) sex with a nineteen year old. However, because she is still in highschool, it's being treated as statuatory rape even though she's of age — because most people would “assume” she's underage. Additionally, because he's been convicted before on this, he's facing two non-concurrent life sentences for it — he doesn't have the cash to pay for an expensive defense, so he's going to die in prison.
UPDATE: For those that are wondering, I believe he was charged under the “two strikes and you're out” sex crimes law which went through the house as HR2146 (and of course Chapter 110 of USC Title 18). However, a large part of me believes that the girl was only sixteen told him that she was nineteen.
Note: I have no way of objectively confirming his story or even getting more details. For all I know he's lying, although I do know others who've been prosecuted in similar ways, so it's certainly in the realm of “possible”.
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