Woman Guilty of Sex with Boy, 14

(Urbana, Illinois) The woman claimed she was raped. The jury didn't agree.

From News-Gazette.com:

A Champaign County jury Tuesday found a Homer woman guilty of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having sex with a teenage boy.

Kristen Buffington, 20, faces penalties ranging from probation to three to seven years in prison when she is sentenced by Judge Jeff Ford on Jan. 5. The mother of a 4-year-old child, Buffington will also have to register as a sex offender for 10 years.

A seven-woman, five-man jury took about 35 minutes to convict her of the crime, which involved her having sex with a 14-year-old boy from Homer at her house in September 2005.

Based on previous similar cases involving females convicted of sex offenses, I suggest that Buffington will get probation. She's 20 years old with a 4-year-old child and the judge will likely think of the youngster's best interests. Of course, having a child at 16 and being convicted of a sex crime at 20 are hints that Buffington leads a somewhat undisciplined life.

My recommendation would be for Buffington to serve some jail time to possibly get her attention.


[Update 01/06/07]

I was correct. Buffington sentenced to no jail.