waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (12/08/83)
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I submit this without any comment. A anecedote as related to me by an
ex-roomate about a friend of his. The incident took place in Nebraska.
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The man (boy?) in the case was a high school senior, 18 years old. During
his senior year, he went out with a sophmore (age 15) for a couple of
months. The girl had the reputation of being, shall we say, uh, rather loose.
The couple had intercourse a few times and broke up. A short while later,
the girl realizes she is pregnant, and is not sure who the father is. Her
parents find out she is pregnant, and want to know who did this to their
little girl. Unable to tell them the truth, she tells them she was raped
by the previous guy mentioned.
The scene changes. It is Saturday afternoon, and the senior is watching
a Saturday afternoon Nebraska Cornhuskers football game with his parents
unaware of the pregnancy or anything to do with the girl since they last
went out. There is a knock on the door, the guy's dad opens it, only to
find two armed policemen with a warrant for their son's arrest. He is
handcuffed, read his rights, and brought down to the local jail. Talk
about a suprise! It could ruin your whole day.
During the next week it comes out that the guy is not guilty of rape and
the girl was willing. Some other things also come out about what both
guy and girl enjoy doing in their spare time. This doesn't go over well
with either set of parents, and both people involved find themselves no
longer living at home, with no financial support, and on very shakey
ground on the communication aspect.
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Is there a moral to the story? Any comments?
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On a related topic, I was once mistakenly handcuffed and questioned
when I was stopped for a traffic ticket and my general description
matched that of a man wanted on a felony warrant in another state
(aren't data bases wonderful?). It only took me about an hour to prove
they had the wrong person, but it was quite an experience. At one
point, the sheriff (who was hot for an arrest and sure he had a felon
on his hands), wanted to have me extradited (sp?) to the other state
(it was Wyoming; who wants to go there?) for processing there. It's
an experience everyone should go through. They ended up not giving me
the traffic ticket, though.
But that's another story, and I'm taking up too space already.
-- Walt Tucker
Tektronix, Inc.
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