Age Of Sexual Consent In California Miscellaneous Essay
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These rights include the right to vote, the right to make contracts, the right to marry without permission from parents or guardians, and the right to serve on a jury (Newton).
If this is changed, it would have far greater repercussions unimaginable. Just to cite some relevant effects: (1) in criminal cases 16 year old children will be tried as adults with severe penalties, if convicted they will have to stay in the penitentiary brushing elbows with the old men; (2) decreasing the age of protection for exploitative sexual activity results in 16 year old girls being coaxed into prostitution and exposing themselves in porn movies, to be kissed, fondled and have sex with men as old as their f