Legal Question in Criminal Law in Tennessee

Re: Statutory rape and the alleged victim

I think the more pressing question is whether or not charges are pending against your husband. If not, leave it alone. If charges exist, your husband may wish to address them instead of having charges floating around for the rest of his life and the possibility of being held in jail on that if he get stopped for a traffic ticket. For more info, see www.gsmithlawfirm.com .

Re: Statutory rape and the alleged victim

There really doesn't appear to e a question that's being asked here, but based on the facts presented, my advice would be to contact an attorney in the city where this happened and have your husband arrange to turn himself in after the attorney speaks with the DA's office and tries to get an agreement on bond. The fact that your husband ran, and the fact that he now lives in California, and the fact that he obviously has known about the charges are all likely to be factors that a judge will consider in order to justify a high bond. At the same time your attorney would argue that with your testimony that the statement you gave was coerced the prospect of conviction would be extremely remote and that would be a strong reason for a low bond.

If your husband does not turn himself in to answer the charge in Tennessee, he could be arrested anytime an officer stops him and finds the outstanding warrant in the national computer network.

The first thing to do is to contact an attorney where this happened and to go from there.

Re: Statutory rape and the alleged victim

I've read Jes' reply. I've the same comment. What's your question?

If you want to handle the matter right now then do what Jes says to do.

However you are accusing the police of illegal acts and the political structure back home is such that it will want to protect the police. So the matter may be dropped quietly after you contact an attorney and he contacts the District Attorney. The fact that there were no physical evidence to show any sexual contact should help and who knows the records of the interrogation may have been lost. Then there is the fact that if every male who had sex with his under age bride prior to marriage was prosecuted criminally, we would double the prison population. Having gotten married helps a lot in making it appear an innocent event.

You might check out who is the police chief and or sheriff. If it's the old crew there might be a bigger problem. However, if a new bunch is in office or on the job that might make a difference.