For instance, I live in Oklahoma where the age of consent is 16. As long as such inconsistencies exist, this problem will exist. As you can see, this proposed law targets poor young people and young people of color. The upside is that people are organizing against it and there is a strong youth movement especially in the SF Bay Area. These young people do not deserve freedom, but they clearly must not be put to death by the state.
Life is more, much more, complicated.
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