NO means NO at any age, but certain ages make yes illegal.
Know the facts before you do something you may regret for years to come.
Louisiana law defines the age of consent as 17 for most sex crimes.
- Any type of sexual activity without consent is ALWAYS a crime
- Aggravated Rape: Having any type of sex with someone under the age of 13, no matter your age
- Penalty: life in prison
- Felony Carnal Knowledge: If someone between 13-17 has sex (including oral sex) with someone over the age of 17 where the age difference is more than 4 years- even if the sex is consensual
- Penalty: up to 10 years in jail
- Misdemeanor Carnal Knowledge: When a person is 17 or older has consensual sex with a 13-16 year old- where the age difference is more than 2 years but less than 4 years
- Penalty: 6 months in jail
- Simple Rape: When intercourse is deemed to be without the lawful consent of the victim because it is committed when the victim is incapable of resisting or of understanding the nature of the act... produced by an intoxicating agent or any other cause
- Penalty: up to 25 years in prison
- Sexting: When someone under the age of 17 possesses or transmits indecent pictures of sexually explicit content of someone under 17 via ANY communication device
- Penalty is up to 6 months in prison + a minimum of 16 hours (and up to 80 hours) of community service
- Taking nude sexual pictures or movies of anyone under 17 is a crime.
- Pornography: Possession or taking of any photographs, films, videotapes, or other visual reproductions of any sexual performance
- Penalty: 2-10 years in jail
Lack of knowledge of the juvenile's age is not a defense- no matter how old someone may act or look, the law only cares about their actual age.
This information is based on Louisiana Criminal law as of October 2011.
This information is based on Louisiana Criminal law as of October 2011.
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