All some people care to know is that she was 17 (which, as below, is legal in 80% of the country) and that's the end of it for them. Never mind that she was responsible for and a willing participant in what happened to her, as it pertains to what happened between her and Araiza.
Yup. Been saying for awhile that in 80% of the country 17 is legal. It's absurd to think that in California they mature at a slower rate, but that's probably why they have the "mistake of age" defense. She's not the type of person the statutory rape laws were meant to protect.
Again I have 2 boys and this case, beyond it involving a (former) Bills player hit home because I could envision something similar happening to them (my younger son's college actually is right next to a high school).