Re: Matt Deatherage (was Very Sad, but...)

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David A Lyons <dlyons@apple.com> writes:

>In article <tolsenCo2I66.DqC@netcom.com> Terry R. Olsen,
>tolsen@netcom.com writes:
>>   Oh jeez!!!!!  Cmon people, the guy MOLESTED a kid!  You want to
>protect 
>> his privacy??? I don't care WHO he is and how much he "gave" to the
>GS,
>> the fact of the matter is that he is a CHILD MOLESTER and should be
>treated
>> as such.  [...]

>I have known Matt for five years.  He's a good person.

>There is a difference between being guilty of having sex with a minor,
>and being a child molester.  Matt's position is that what happened was
>not against the minor's will at all; that it was all arranged; and
>that the minor knew a word to stop the activities at any time, and did
>not choose to use it.  Legally, however, a minor does not have the
>right to consent to sex.

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I think every one reading this stuff needs to remember that a plea of no 
contest does not mean that the individual is guilty, regardless of what that 
individual may admit to in private.  I am probably as disappointed as any one 
else here to find out this information about Mr. Deatherage, but whatever his 
crimes may have been he will get his day in court and will have to live with 
people believing he is guilty whether or not he actually is.