Underage sex and statutory rape?
If someone is being charged for statutory rape, how is evidence gathered if there is no DNA on the "victim"? (I put "victim" in quotation marks, because it's only considered rape because of a couple years age difference, which is absurd.)
For example, if a parent accused their 16-year-old daughter's 18-year-old boyfriend of having sexual relations with her, but never saw it happen, what evidence would be used in court? Could the police/lawyer search the boyfriend's house, email/internet history, incoming/outgoing texts etc?
How exactly is statutory rape proved?
I don't need any lectures about how teens shouldn't be having sex and all that mumbo jumbo. Thanks in advance for any helpful answers.
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the 16 year old daughter or 18 year old boyfriend would have to admit to the sexual relations
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a friend of either party could talk to the police and say that the boy/girl had told them they were having sex with the other person.
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the police/lawyer could search the boyfriends house, email/internet history, text messages, and so on, as long as they obtain a warrant first.
any of the above could be used to prove statutory rape.
but it is a criminal offense, so they need solid proof. say they found condoms in the boyfriends house - that isn't solid proof, nobody can say who he was using them with. a text message or email could be a different story.