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Cayman Islands: Ignorance and stupidity wash in Grand Court

Categories: Caribbean, Cayman Islands, Governance, Labor, Women & Gender

Cayblogger is outraged [1] at the legal precedent set by a Cayman Islands’ Grand Court which ruled that “that if a man has sex with a 12-year-old girl, the ‘but she looked 16-years-old’. . . a conviction of statutory rape can be avoided.” As the title to Cayblogger's post says, “Ignorance And Stupidity [are] Viable Defense Strategies In Cayman Courts.”