• NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social
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    1 month ago

    The state prosecutor in Vesoul said he faced charges of making sexual advances to a person of under 15 years of age, and of soliciting an image of a minor for pornographic purposes.

    So, while I get that this man could be dangerous and needs help… How exactly can you charge someone with propositioning a 21 year old who was pretending to be a 14 year old?

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      If he believed the person was under 18 I don’t see the difference, he understood it was immoral and illegal, why it was illegal and chose to do it anyway. If it was an undercover cop posing as a child it would be just as illegal

        • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          Gavel, gavel: maximum sentence! No chance of parole. No retrial.

          I’m surprised by this. What did you think I was going to answer?

          The maximum sentence thing is a joke, by the way, don’t read into it. But do think about this: who exactly are we protecting by giving the opposing answer? Roleplayers? Roleplayers should still know with certainty that they’re talking to an adult. I’m not taking negotiations on this.