We need laws to be the same in
all states. We need to hold dating sites to be responsible for any false
information posted there. Teens are meeting teens on line to date. What happens
when the girl lies about her age and he suddenly becomes a sex offender? Now he
can’t hang out with friends in public parks, can’t have a smart phone. Can’t
have access to the internet all because he had sex with a girl who lied about
her age. Should you ask to see her driver’s license before you date now?
It happened to a kid in Saint
Joseph Michigan. He is only 19 years old.
He was arrested after having sex with a girl he met on the dating site
called Hot or Not. Why isn’t the site
being held responsible for not screening its members? The girl lied to him and
told him she was 17. She was only 14 and if he knew that he would have never perused
with the date. The boy is Zach Anderson
who is now a convicted sex offender. She
has since admitted to lying about her age but that somehow did not keep Zach
from going to jail. The girl and her mother even said not to call them a
victim. There is no victim here. She lied and willingly participated in having
sex with Zach.
He spent 90 days in prison before his conviction without even being able to hug his parents’ goodbye. They handcuff you in front of the judge and haul you away. Now he has probation for 5 years, must live by restricted rules and can’t live at home. Own a smart phone or use the Internet. He has a nightly curfew of 8:00 P.M. and he will be listed on the sex offender’s registry for the next 25 years. The punishment here does not fit the crime. The system is set up for a person to fail. The 14 year old girl should not have been able to register on the adult section of the site without any proof of age. The site should be held liable for any wrongdoing but since the sex was consensual anyway there should be no conviction either.
He spent 90 days in prison before his conviction without even being able to hug his parents’ goodbye. They handcuff you in front of the judge and haul you away. Now he has probation for 5 years, must live by restricted rules and can’t live at home. Own a smart phone or use the Internet. He has a nightly curfew of 8:00 P.M. and he will be listed on the sex offender’s registry for the next 25 years. The punishment here does not fit the crime. The system is set up for a person to fail. The 14 year old girl should not have been able to register on the adult section of the site without any proof of age. The site should be held liable for any wrongdoing but since the sex was consensual anyway there should be no conviction either.
She lives in Niles Michigan which
is 20 miles over the state line from Elkhart Indianan where he lives. He picked
her up and drove to a playground where they had sex. The girl’s mother called
the police that night. 2 months later he was arrested. In the Berrien County
Court House he pled guilty to 4 counts of criminal sexual conduct. Now that he
is convicted he has to leave home because it is within 800 feet of a boat ramp
just shy of the 1000 feet limit. Since he can’t use a computer his budding
career in computer science is out. State Senator Rick Jones a republican from
Michigan wrote the strict law and said he should have asked the girl for a
driver’s license before having sex with her. Really? Who does that? What is worse for Zack
is that Michigan does not accept an automatic defense when someone lies about
their age.
If he had sex 20 minutes away
across the other state line, he wouldn’t have been charged at all. Congress
needs to get off their ass and make laws uniform from state to state. 19 other
states would have not charged him with anything. The law is designed to protect
minors from predators. He was not a predator and was barely a minor himself
just graduating from high school. He must appeal since he had no record and no
criminal intent. It is all so outrageous.
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