THIS IS A VERBATIM EXCHANGE FROM HINDS COUNTY, MS CHANCERY COURT.



The case involved a 73 year old Black man being in the court to answer the complaint by a 19 yr. old Black female seeking child support.



Attorney: Your honor my client has raised this child by herself with no help from the defendant in the 5 years this child has been on this earth.



Judge: FIVE YEARS. How old are you young lady?



Girl: 19, sir



Judge: Well then are you telling me you were 14 when you had this child.



Girl: Yes sir.



Judge: Willie (Defendant) do you know that you have committed a felony crime punishable by up to 25 years in Prison. You have committed statutory rape.



Defendant: I ain't raped that girl Judge. She wanted to. Ask her, she wants to right now.



Judge: Willie it makes no difference, she was only 13 years old when you laid with this child. THAT IS STATUTORY RAPE. I am now gonna have to bind this over to the Grand Jury and inform the District Attorney.



Defendant: No, your honor!! When did you white folks come up with that law?



Judge: It has been a law for quite some time.



Defendant: Well, Judge ya'll needs to tell us nigga's bout these new laws. I been fucking under the old rules.



True transcript from Hinds County Chancery Court. Hon. Charles A. Brewer, presiding