Is that how it would be interpreted? If there were significant language differences, it could be argued that ones in B applied only to adults?
Right, but that’s covered in A for adults (or unspecified persons). Add that to my original query: Why A, then B, then restate A+B for minors? (Hold that thought…)
Ah, I take it this is in a different part of the entry, not quoted in the post. Breaking out the conditions to allow different penalties makes complete sense.
As an example, THEFT against an ELDERLY person has a higher penalty;
In part;
(3) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(4), (5), (6), (7), (8), or (9) of this section, if the victim of the offense is an elderly person or disabled adult…
The Beatles song Happiness Is A Warm Gun has a line with the guy who has mirrors on his “hobnail boots.” Lennon was in the habit of reading the paper and sticking bits in the songs.
In Japan there is an entire deviant subculture dedicated to producing surreptitiously filmed up-skirt videos and posting them online.
The police have squads dedicated to catching these guys too, but they are often confounded by the large number of people who stage up-skirt videos with actresses.