Young Man Is Wrongfully Punished For Experiencing His First Love

1. Juvenile-Related Sex Laws Without Any Sense Of True Justice

As I was browsing around on YouTube last night, I came across this one video of a sentencing hearing involving a young man who had sexual intercourse with his girlfriend four different times. Did he forcibly rape her? No. Did he coerce her into having sex? No. Did he sexually molest her? No. Did he even groom her? No. His girlfriend was his first love.

Nonetheless, none of those facts made any difference to the judge. This young man had already pleaded guilty to a sexual offense, and the only thing that she was interested in was the fact that he was 23 years of age and his girlfriend was only 12 years old. Now, I know what many of you are going to say, but watch the video first and then form your own opinions about this matter.

The name of the 23-year-old defendant is Hector Enrique Laura Sanchez. He is an immigrant from Honduras. You may think that a 23-year-old man is way too old to be intermingling with a 12-year-old girl. However, back when the late Loni Anderson, an actress, was 12 years old, she dated a 22-year-old man. Her parents allowed the courtship. Of course, the late Ms. Anderson was a full-figured woman by then.

The criminal defense attorney even stressed that the 12-year-old girl that Mr. Sanchez had sexual relations with was physically precocious for her years and had an enriched sexual vocabulary. He also pointed out to Judge Stephanie Boyd that the girl told the police that she had been the one to seduce Mr. Sanchez rather than the other way around. The girl's mother didn't want him to go to jail or prison.

Some of you may argue that this girl was just a child. According to medical science, she wasn't. There is a world of a difference between a 12-year-old girl who is an adolescent and a prepubescent child who may be only 5 or 6 years of age.