To: gaijin
Well reportedly the age of consent for Americans with a person in any foreign country is 18 regardless of the age of consent in that country or the age of consent in that person's home state. I believe this is a federal law designed to convict those who go on sex tours (mostly to Asia) to have sex with minors.
I do not see how the government can convict a citizen of the US for a crime that occurs in another country (that is not a crime in that country).
12 posted on
08/11/2004 9:50:25 PM PDT by
weegee
(YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
To: weegee
Well reportedly the age of consent for Americans with a person in any foreign country is 18 regardless of the age of consent in that country or the age of consent in that person's home state. Are there exceptions for married people, or would someone who took a 17-year-old bride on a foreign honeymoon be breaking the law?
14 posted on
08/12/2004 10:37:43 PM PDT by
supercat
(If Kerry becomes President, nothing bad will happen for which he won't have an excuse.)
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