It isn’t even necessarily enough to show that the accused asked the alleged victim’s age and was told he or she was an age too young for sexual activity.
The accused can defend him- or herself by proving they took “reasonable” steps to figure out if the alleged victim was underage. If he or she did not, then an accused cannot argue they fully believed the person was of legal age.Stemming from that, the justices ruled in an 8-1 decision to overturn Morrison’s conviction, citing errors made by the trial judge, and ordered Morrison a new trial.
So the law needs to be fixed. Everyone's entitled to human rights, no matter what you hear.
Future stings will have to include an exchange of photos.
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