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To: Susan G who wrote (15816)	8/27/2000 1:34:18 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

Woman, 21, charged with rape of husband when he was 13 By Andrea Jones Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer A 21-year-old Rockdale County mother could face up to 20 years in jail for having sex with the 13-year-old father of her child -- now her husband -- authorities said Tuesday. Summer Jessica Strickland, of Conyers, was arrested and charged with felony statutory rape last week after the Department of Family and Children Services notified the Rockdale County Sheriff's Department of the July 4 birth of her child. Strickland married the now 14-year-old father of the baby in Newton County Aug. 7. The case presents a kind of legal paradox. Although the couple was allowed under Georgia law to marry because they are parents, it was illegal for them to have sex in the first place. In Georgia, statutory rape is defined as sex with any person under age 16 who is not one's spouse. Authorities are basing Strickland's charges on an Oct. 10 sexual encounter that led to her daughter's birth. Rockdale County District Attorney Richard Read said he has spoken to the arresting investigators and is awaiting paperwork so he can review the case. Read said marriage does not make any previous sexual encounters legal. "Regardless of what their relationship was, the boy is still 13," he said. "We'll try to determine what exactly happened." Strickland, who was released on $5,000 bond, said Tuesday the arrest shocked her family. "He's my husband," she said. "I just don't understand." Sal Serio, Strickland's lawyer, called the rape charge "ridiculous." "It's simply unconscionable," he said Tuesday. "We've got a little infant at stake."

To: Susan G who wrote (15816)	8/27/2000 2:11:00 PM
From: AD	Respond to of 62549

Susan, that is a riot. One for the books! Thanks for the belly laugh. Mothers know!

To: Susan G who wrote (15816)	8/28/2000 8:19:16 AM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62549

The love must be gone! An elderly couple were on a cruise and it was really stormy. They were standing on the back of the boat watching the moon, when a wave came up and washed the old man overboard. They searched for days and couldn't find him, So the captain sent the old woman back to shore with the promise that he would notify her as soon as they found something. Three weeks went by and finally the old woman got a fax from the boat. It read: Ma'am, sorry to inform you, we found your husband dead at the bottom of the ocean. We hauled him up to the deck and attached to his butt was an oyster and inside the oyster was a pearl worth $50,000...please advise. The old woman faxed back: Send me the pearl, re-bait the trap