If a minor molests a minor, are they a child sex offender or just a regular sex offender?

Leros

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With all of this talk about people being mislabled sex offenders, I thought of a scenario that could go wrong.

If a minor molests another minor, would he/she become a child sex offender?

Say a 15 year old molests another 15 year old?

Or if a 15 year old molests a 12 year old?
 

AnyMal

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Originally posted by: Leros
With all of this talk about people being mislabled sex offenders, I thought of a scenario that could go wrong.

If a minor molests another minor, would he/she become a child sex offender?

Say a 15 year old molests another 15 year old?

Or if a 15 year old molests a 12 year old?

And you want to know this because................?
 

Leros

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Originally posted by: AnyMal
Originally posted by: Leros
With all of this talk about people being mislabled sex offenders, I thought of a scenario that could go wrong.

If a minor molests another minor, would he/she become a child sex offender?

Say a 15 year old molests another 15 year old?

Or if a 15 year old molests a 12 year old?

And you want to know this because................?

Pure curiosity. I'm not a minor so it doesn't matter to me (assuming I was gonna go molest some children, which I'm not).
 
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Originally posted by: Leros
With all of this talk about people being mislabled sex offenders, I thought of a scenario that could go wrong.

If a minor molests another minor, would he/she become a child sex offender?

Say a 15 year old molests another 15 year old?

Or if a 15 year old molests a 12 year old?

And the 'dumb question of the day' award goes tooooo....

 

Eli

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Neither, they were kids being kids.

Although, the ages you've specified.. its starting to get slightly grey, but in general, yeah.. see above.

Its also grey if we're dealing with a 15 year old and someone much younger.

By grey I mean its taken on a case by case basis. It probably also depends on your state.

And the position of the moon.
 

Leros

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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
How does a 15 year old molest a 15 year old?

Grabs her inappropriately. Something like that. Theres a whole range of possibilities.
 

Leros

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Originally posted by: Eli
Neither, they were kids being kids.

Although, the ages you've specified.. its starting to get slightly grey, but in general, yeah.. see above.

So if a 15 year old year old rapes a 15 year old, thats just kids being kids?
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: Eli
Neither, they were kids being kids.

Although, the ages you've specified.. its starting to get slightly grey, but in general, yeah.. see above.

So if a 15 year old year old rapes a 15 year old, thats just kids being kids?
No, see my edit.

 

Leros

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: Eli
Neither, they were kids being kids.

Although, the ages you've specified.. its starting to get slightly grey, but in general, yeah.. see above.

So if a 15 year old year old rapes a 15 year old, thats just kids being kids?
No, see my edit.

And thats why I asked. I was curious how that grey area worked out.