It's for the children...

[Universe Prince]

Here is an odd story. A 12 year old boy and a 13 year old girl had what they apparently considered to be consensual sex. The boy has already been found guilty of violating the law against sex with someone under the age of 14, and the girl is now both the victim and a perpetrator as she too was found guilty of violating the law. And so now, as I understand it, both of them are officially sex offenders, a label that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Which means they will be treated by the government as potential sexual predators, tracked by the FBI, subject to residency restrictions and forever forced to deal with laws intended to protect children from sex offenders.

The Denver Post has the story over at the other end of this link.