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Originally Posted by Donkey That is the grey area which varies from state to state....Most states 16 is the cut off limit... However some get even more complex than that...
As seen here http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm
US states are at the bottom and you can click on the state for the statute...
Further dicussion of the term Minor
A minor is someone under 16 under 18 under 21 depending on what you are talking about (varies even more depending on what country you are in)...In other words the term minor when used in law is by definition; not of legal age. |
This is some of what is
NOW being investigated. Where your argument breaks down, is that some of the charges that are being looked at, fall under 'federal' statutes
NOT under 'state' statutes. Most of the 'sex' crime federal statutes, set an 'age of consent' at 18 years of age.
I am setting here in front of my television set at 1345 hours local (
NOT in a vacuum), and this whole mess is being discussed ...
NEW revelations are surfacing as I set here (at present we are waiting for Speaker Hastert to make some 'breaking' major announcement) ... so
AGAIN, I reiterate what I posted before.
IF you are so in need of references, tune into almost
ANY channel on your television dial, and you can receive the same reports that I do (almost on the quarter hour).