The case involved a 73-year-old black man being in the court to answer the complaint by a 19-year-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. Asked 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 f*cking under the old rules.
True transcript from Hinds County Chancery Court. Hon. Charles A. Brewer presiding
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