# Arkansas man rapes and impregnates a child and gets a year of probation and a $700 fine **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 21, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-man-rapes-and-impregnates-a-child-and-gets-a-year-of-probation-and-a-700-fine/1021135 "2025-07-21T09:44:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-man-rapes-and-impregnates-a-child-and-gets-a-year-of-probation-and-a-700-fine/1021135/61 "2025-07-23T09:15:13Z")
Because if you don’t agree with Beck’s beyond Puritanical beliefs on pornography, you’re a child molester, or defending them at the very least. What exactly demands a sophisticated response? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-man-rapes-and-impregnates-a-child-and-gets-a-year-of-probation-and-a-700-fine/1021135/62 "2025-07-23T20:50:55Z")
Without being specific, I was asking people not to curse Beck. My apologies if I offended you. ---
**Author:** ![mjmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-man-rapes-and-impregnates-a-child-and-gets-a-year-of-probation-and-a-700-fine/1021135/63 "2025-07-24T18:08:09Z")
Back to the OP: I found this in another article: “Gipson was 22 at the time, and the girl was 15.” The plea deal is gross. Based upon the age of the parties, he should have been looking at up to six years in prison. “ **Victim age 14 or 15.** An adult age 20 or older commits the crime of fourth-degree sexual assault by engaging in sexual penetration with a minor age 14 or 15. A convicted defendant would receive a class D felony, punishable by up to 6 years of prison time.” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-man-rapes-and-impregnates-a-child-and-gets-a-year-of-probation-and-a-700-fine/1021135/64 "2025-07-24T18:23:30Z")
I wonder if the parents had some input in not wanting the baby-daddy to be put in prison. Not that that makes the plea deal right. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-man-rapes-and-impregnates-a-child-and-gets-a-year-of-probation-and-a-700-fine/1021135/65 "2025-07-24T18:29:42Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I wonder if the parents had some input in not wanting the baby-daddy to be put in prison. Say… you don’t mean…? No… you couldn’t mean… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-ufXIrji1gk/maxresdefault.jpg "Love for Sale (2005 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ufXIrji1gk) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-man-rapes-and-impregnates-a-child-and-gets-a-year-of-probation-and-a-700-fine/1021135/66 "2025-07-24T18:44:47Z")
> [@mjmartin](#): > > “ **Victim age 14 or 15.** An adult age 20 or older commits the crime of fourth-degree sexual assault by engaging in sexual penetration with a minor age 14 or 15. A convicted defendant would receive a class D felony, punishable by up to 6 years of prison time.” Yeah, what I’m also reading is that the age of consent in Arkansas is 16. Any younger and it’s a crime. If the defendant is less than 7 years older than the minor, then that _might_ fall under the “Romeo and Juliet” exception (no guarantee of that), but we’re talking 22 and 15 so that doesn’t apply. There’s also an exception if they’re married, but that also doesn’t apply here. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-man-rapes-and-impregnates-a-child-and-gets-a-year-of-probation-and-a-700-fine/1021135/67 "2025-07-24T18:52:02Z")
Anything about ‘sales tax’? Just thought I’d ask. Maybe we can get him on a Federal charge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-man-rapes-and-impregnates-a-child-and-gets-a-year-of-probation-and-a-700-fine/1021135.md?page=3)