Revisiting the Statuatory Rape Laws for Alaska

[Duer 157099]

Excerpting out only the most relevent points from:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6870507&mesg_id=6870507

The age of consent is defined as 16 years old, according to Alaska statutory rape laws.

Any person who is 16 years old or older who has sexual intercourse with a minor who is 13-, 14-, or 15-years-old will be charged with sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree.

In addition, Alaska statutory rape laws declare that anyone who is 18 years old or older who has sex with a person who is 16 or 17, can be charged with sexual abuse in the third degree.

Facts:

Levi DOB 5/3/90
Bristol DOB 10/18/90

***********************

Age of consent is 16, which I guess means they can have sex as long as it's with someone who is 16 or 17. A 16-year-old cannot have sex with a 15 (or younger) year old.

An 18-year-old cannot have sex with a 17 or 16-year-old.

(What insanity! What happens if two teens, one 16, one 17 start having sex. It's perfectly legal, UNTIL the 17-year-old turns 18, and then suddenly it's ILLEGAL, because the partner is still only 17? Do they have to have the same birthday? Take an abstinence break until the partner's birthday??? Sheesh... but anyway...)

So, in the case of lovers Levi and Bristol, until May of this year, they fell into that exact category! He is 5 months older than her, they were both 16 or 17.

BUT!! In May of this year, Levi turned 18, while poor Bristol remained a mere 17-year-old (until October 18th, about 6 weeks away still).

Fortunately, Bristol was already pregnant by that time (whew! just under the wire!!) And I'm sure they're not having sex anymore, at least not until Bristol turns 18!

Doesn't this all just sound a little too convenient?

[Duer 157099]

1. Now then..

Let's just take a look at an alternate situation.

There have been suggestions that Palin's son Track (DOB 4/20/89) might be the father of Trig, and that this wayward behavior was the reason for him enlisting last September - something about avoiding a statuatory rape charge (these were Alaska-based rumors from before)

Track turned 19 in April of this year. Which means he would have been 18 when he impregnated whoever the mom would have been.

Levi has a younger sister, Mercede, (DOB 12/22/91) whose myspace page had several photos of her holding baby Trig, with Sarah and one of the Palin daughters posing with her (looks like Willow to me).

Mercede got in trouble with the law in August of 2007 for underage drinking. The case is still pending, and her next court appearance is scheduled for 9/10. Track leaves for the army on 9/11.

Track got a speeding ticket in Sept of 2007 (which means he was in town, not in Michigan where he had been going to high school).

I wonder if an amnio might have been performed to determine paternity, and in the course of testing, trisomy 21 was discovered?

It would be interesting if a brother-sister pair were the boyfriend-girlfriend of another brother-sister pair. It's not unheard of or even unusual.

[Duer 157099]

2. Just parking some more info here

September 15, 2007

Track Palin enlists

This from AP:

The 18-year-old son of Alaska's governor enlisted in the Army on the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Sarah Palin's son, Track, will report for basic training next week at Fort Benning, Ga., said the governor's spokeswoman, Sharon Leighow. Neither he nor family members are commenting on his decision to sign up Tuesday.

The Palin family wants to keep private some aspects of his decision, Leighow said. (ed: I bet)

Track Palin was adamant about not wanting publicity, said Sgt. 1st Class Michael Nagl, the station commander at the Wasilla recruiting office where he signed up. Nagl would not discuss details of the enlistment.

In a statement provided by the governor's office, Track Palin said he had considered joining the military ``for a while now'' and that he looks forward ``to the challenges that will come as I answer the call and serve my country.''

After training, he could be assigned to any infantry unit in the world, but Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. J.D. Gordon said all infantry units eventually spend a tour of duty in the Middle East.

September 15, 2007

http://alaskanabroad.typepad.com/an_alaskan_abroad/2007/09/track-palin-enl.html