After reviewing Zack Anderson’s case, I cannot help but feel sorry for the poor guy. When reading over the basic facts of the case we know for a fact that Anderson had met the fourteen year old girl in Michigan who posed as a seventeen year old on a dating site meant for those who were of the age of consent, who could then meet up for sex. When Anderson had met the girl, and without the use of force, had sex with her, by doing so he unknowingly committed statutory rape due to the girl lying about her age. While yes in some states some can claim as a defense that they were truly unaware of her age, however in our text book states that a “defendant strictly liable even if he made a reasonable inquiry in good faith to determine the victim’s
