Kentucky Supreme Court: No prison for statutory rape where accused married teen.

In another case, our state's highest court, in a 4-3 opinion authored by Justice McAnulty, reversed the conviction and sentence of a man for having sex with a teen who he had married. The opinion left intact the man's other convictions for sex acts committed against the teen before the marriage took place. Justice Wintersheimer dissented concluding that the the "marriage exemption" (my characterization) violates public policy. I guess the legislature will have to change the law, if that body thinks it violates our public policy.