Ley sobre conducta lasciva y sus consecuencias en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Si un adolescente de 18 años o menos tiene un encuentro consensuado con alguien mayor de 14, no será condenado. Sin embargo, si alguien es hallado culpable de delitos sexuales graves, puede enfrentar largas penas de prisión o incluso la muerte.

Es como jugar a un juego de mesa donde hay reglas estrictas. Si rompes las reglas, las consecuencias son severas, y no hay forma de evadirlas.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, de 17 años, sale con Ana, que tiene 15, y ambos se involucran en un comportamiento íntimo consensuado. Según la ley, no enfrentarán cargos. Pero si un adulto que ya ha sido condenado por abuso sexual intenta hacer lo mismo con un niño menor de 11 años, enfrentará una larga prisión o incluso la pena de muerte.

Penalidades

De 25 años de prisión a pena de muerte, dependiendo de la gravedad del delito y antecedentes.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

rson may not be convicted of a violation of the provisions of this subsection if the person is eighteen years of age or less when the person engages in consensual lewd or lascivious conduct with another person who is at least fourteen years of age. (D)(1) A person convicted of a violation of subsection (A)(1) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for a mandatory minimum of twenty-five years, no part of which may be suspended nor probation granted, or must be imprisoned for life. In the case of a person pleading guilty or nolo contendere to a violation of subsection (A)(1), the judge must make a specific finding on the record regarding whether the type of conduct that constituted the sexual battery involved sexual or anal intercourse by a person or intrusion by an object. In the case of a person convicted at trial for a violation of subsection (A)(1), the judge or jury, whichever is applicable, must designate as part of the verdict whether the conduct that constituted the sexual battery involved sexual or anal intercourse by a person or intrusion by an object. If the person has previously been convicted of, pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or adjudicated delinquent for first degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor who is less than eleven years of age or a federal or out-of-state offense that would constitute first degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor who is less than eleven years of age, he must be punished by death or by imprisonment for life, as provided in this section. For the purpose of determining a prior conviction under this subsection, the person must have been convicted of, pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or adjudicated delinquent on a separate occasion, prior to the instant adjudication, for first degree criminal sexual