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Because #1, that's not how law enforcement actually works, the detective (or possibly deputy, I'm unsure as to who actually arrested whom) made the apprehension on the orders of the DA with the warrant issued from the judge, not on his own free will.

#2, The detective just did his job, which was investigate the crime. We should never forget, a crime did occur here, statutory rape, as well as several minor consumption of alcohol charges and just as many narcotics charges. That is often blown off. Genarlow did deserve to be punished, but ten years plus sex offender status is gross overkill.

In a perfect world, none of these things would be illegal, but they are, and as a detective, you are paid to investigate these things.

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I may have misunderstood. I thought that the charge with the first girl was for "forcible rape." Further, I thought the second one (the BJ) was the statutory charge.