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Originally Posted by Kevin
I'm sure DrPhil would be happy with the explanation that oops, the officer made a cross-racial age ID and thought she was in fact 4-5 years older than she actually was and oops, tased her. Simple mistake, right?
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Those kinds of mistakes happen. The 12 year old in this thread looks very 12. Therefore, many children under the age of 18 look under the age of 18. Those who do not are more the exception. We would not have status offenses if the age range (not the exact age) of children was unlikely to be determined at face value, by talking to the person, and/or contacting family. Ninety or more percent of the time children, girls having a higher rate than boys, under the age of 18 are "obviously" under a certain age and can be arrested for status offenses. Status offenses would not be as common as they are in some jurisdictions is they were difficult to detect.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
As Jerry Sandusky said, age is just a number. (too soon?)
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Sandusky learned that age is not just a number.
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