Jackson Jambalaya

If that was your redaction effort, take another look at the Aff.

If that was your redaction effort, take another look at the Aff.

Liberals say we can't use morals to judge anyone, so let's just stick to the law here and consider whether his civil rights are being infringed. Basically, MS Code 97-3-65 tells us that Mr. Law needed to be a little better with math. She'd have been 16 in one more year at which point his forecast would've been sunny. Then again, 16 is kind of an arbitrary number. Is 15 really that young anymore? After all, science clearly tells us that females are developing earlier these days. Anyway, what business does the state have regulating what happens in the "Law & Order room?" The government shouldn't tell two people how and whether they can love each other. You're all a bunch of bigots!

See how icky this stuff gets when basic morals are tossed aside? Maybe there's a place for decency and morality in our laws after all.

very efficient, redacting the actual signature of Mr. Walters.

Top of page 3, the name of the foreman was not redacted.

KF jury foreman signature is redacted, but his name is in preceding paragraph. Might want to redact.

KF, sometimes your editorial descriptions are a little much. My conscience fails to be shocked unless it was nonconsentual. Was that the case here? Was it such an abomination when people with these ages frequently got married in this state a century ago?

Where was his wife while this was going on in their home??

isn't or wasn't Armstrong an assistant D.A. in Hinds County?

This will probably ruffle some feathers, but here it is. Although personally I think what he did was morally wrong, does it justify all of this? I mean really...felony indictments, possible jail time, sex offender registry? Truth be told, I doubt seriously the girl is any sort of victim. Consentual? Of course. Free will? Absolutely. Multiple occasions? Yes. Nobody forced this girl to do anything. All of this most likely came to pass after Momma and Daddy found out their daughter wasn't exactly "Ms Innocent".

Again, I think its morally wrong...and obviously broke the law...but this is a fine fine line that's being walked.

Say what you wish, she was still a baby, and he was an adult. However, he hasn't had his day in court. What was the "child's" history?

7:04 and 9:22 should have a lot to discuss.

The redaction error was on WLBTs website as well.

At least Bill Clinton had the sense to make sure Monica was old enough.

Does Law smoke cigars?

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Law.

Mrs. Law shares snake stories and recipes.

Too bad she couldn't keep Eric's snake taped up.

Seems like Grat lust should be lesser included offense if sex batt. How can you have sex with it without touching it..

He will be smoking cigars before long.

1:42. Was bringing his wife into the *&%^ throwing contest necessary?

I knew this blog was frequented by racist homophobes who rejoice in reversing each of the Beatitudes, but I confess I hadn't expected such contempt for a 14- or 15- year-old girl whom it appears no one here even knows by name.

It's called "age of consent" for a reason. How young would this child have had to be to avoid being treated as a whore by you people? 12? 10? Younger?

I pray to God none of you has a daughter.

11:16 she is no baby, no matter how badly mama and daddy want to try to keep her as such. Have you paid attention to teenagers in the 15 years?? Kids are being sexually mature at a much earlier age than 50 years ago but even 50 years ago, 15 year old women were considered to be of prime child bearing age. Who decided to raise the bar of maturity to 18 for girls and 21 for boys and WHY??
Have you LISTENED to teenager conversations in the last 15 years?? If not, you SHOULD. The only 15 year olds who are not sexually active are the tiny handful who's personal (not parental) religious values have them waiting for marriage (at whatever age) and those that are too unpopular to be "hooked up" with anybody. Furthermore, our liberal supreme court just deemed ALL girls physically and emotionally mature enough to buy an abortion pill over the counter without a prescription or parental permission. That makes them old enough to decide for themselves whether or not to have sex. AND, this ridiculous, arbitrary 36 month age difference law. Who's idea was THAT?? 35 months is out but 36 makes you a disgusting, child molesting pervert? Puh-leeze!! Even the indictment is ridiculous. What purpose does it serve, other than to prejudice the reader/jury, to break (what sounds like) a pretty typical sex act into separate steps and charge them as separate felonies?? No doubt, Eric Law will go to prison for a very long time and this "baby" will pick up where she left off...having sex with older men.

5:19 has she filed for divorce?

5:19 - seeing as there are multiple allegations of repeated incidents happening in her house, possibly under her nose, I think it's a fair question to ask how much she knew or enabled.

Hard to imagine going to prison for touching someone's breasts. but it's only criminal if you enjoy it.

7:52 I have daughters that are 17 and 13.. Do you have children?? Yes, I agree that children are physically maturing at an earlier age than in the past (growth hormones in chicken and such). Mentally, a15 year old does not have the MATURITY to make the same decisions as someone in their 30's!! Stop blaming the victim, her parents and his wife!

12:02 - In WHO's opinion does a 15 year old not have the maturiey to make the same decisions as someone in their 30'S? Who told you that chronological age and mental/emotional maturity are synonymous? How old was your grandmother and your great grandmother when they gave birth for the first time? In what year did 15 years olds stop being "mature enough" and suddenly become babies? Seems to me, some pretty "mature" decisions are needed in order to safely negotiate a car at 60 MPH in traffic. Why is a 15 year old mature enough for THOSE decisions and not old enough to decide whether to let another human being touch her body? And, at what chronological age does she magically become mature enough? 16? 18? 25? And what HAPPENS to make her suddenly mature enough? Bottom line: There is no correlation between emotional and/or intellectual maturity and choronological age. None whatsoever. There are literally millions of 13, 14, 15 years old young men and women who are more mature than millions of other people over the age of 25. But God (or mother nature, if you prefer) is the one who decides when we become adults. We don't get to put a lid on the sexual development of our kids until "we" think the time is right. That decision is out of our hands whether we want to admit it or not. And YES, I have children. 3 of them. And 6 grandchildren, two of whom are teenage girls.

"12:02 - In WHO's opinion does a 15 year old not have the maturiey to make the same decisions as someone in their 30'S?"

The opinion of your elected legislators. Same people whose opinion outlaws murder.

You sure do spend a lot of time rationalizing the right of those teenagers to sleep with you. Evidently a matter you've thought about. Eric Law could hardly say it better.

I have children, none of who are close to 15 yet.

Adults are supposed to act like adults. Even if the 15-year-old was mature, sexually active, etc., Eric Law is the adult. As an adult, he can politely decline all advances from her. It is called "acting like a grown man".

This is Law's fault folks. He is the adult in this situation. When I was 29, I had a 17-year-old employee (she worked for me after school), make advances toward me. I politely but firmly explained that I was married and she was too young, and nothing was going to happen. It wasn't a tough thing to do.

I think Law should hire Mark Rushing's attorney and PR people.

Then his 15 minutes of fame as a Metro Jackson pervert would slowly fade away into extinction like nothing ever happened.

Privileged people in Madison know how to make these things disappear.

8:30 AM has got it. Teens make bad decisions. Adults should know better. Eric Law has no excuse.

@8:40, too bad Eric Law's daddy isn't an oral surgeon. Speaking of, what ever happened to Mark Rushing?