律师看法：习水检察院把强奸变嫖幼是放纵
Xinhua News, 2009-04-07
In a high profile forced-prostitution and rape case involving several local government cadres, Xishui (Guizhou Province) prosecutors have charged the officials with “whoring with young girls,” not rape, noting that “whoring with young girls” carries a higher minimum sentence (5 years) than rape (3 years). Beijing attorney Liu Changsong strongly disagrees, pointing out that prosecutors failed to explain that the maximum sentences for rape (life imprisonment or death) are substantially more severe than “whoring with young girls” (15 years). Liu further argues that the law stipulates “whoever has sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 14 (of whom there were three in this case) shall be deemed to have committed rape and shall be given a heavier punishment.” The real reason behind the lesser charges, Liu speculates, is “judicial officials latent beliefs” about protecting the defendants' face.
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