re: The exoneration of Brian Banks - 60 minutes

I remember a case a few years ago where some Atlanta teenagers were accused of statutory rape and all except one pleaded guilty to avoid possible jail time, but one, on the advice of his parents, decided to fight it to keep this off his record. He was convicted and had to spend some time in prison, but eventually the conviction was overturned on appeal. The court decided that statutory rape laws weren't meant to prevent teenagers from having sex when there's less than a three-year age difference, especially when both the male and the female are minors.