Here's a news item from the Associated Press:  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The father of a man on probation for having sex with an underage girl when he was 19 years old helped convince a House panel to approve a bill that would ease the state's statutory rape laws. Twin Falls resident Karl Joslin told the House Judiciary and Rules Committee Tuesday that Idaho's current laws, which make it a felony for a teenage man to have sex with a girl under 18, are too strong. Under the measure, SB 1385, which now goes to the full House, men less than three years older than their 16-year-old or 17-year-old female sexual partners could no longer be charged with rape after consensual encounters. Joslin's son was a 19-year-old college freshman when he had sex with a 16-year-old girl. After his conviction and registration as a sex offender, he has a 10 p.m. curfew, can't drink alcohol and must get permission from his parole officer before leaving his home county.

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