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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (71070)	10/2/2006 8:12:11 PM
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AGE OF SEXUAL STATE CONSENT ALABAMA 16 ALASKA 16 ARIZONA 18 ARKANSAS 16 CALIFORNIA 18 COLORADO 17 CONNECTICUT 16 DELAWARE 18 The age of sexual consent is 16 for adults who are under 30 years of age, or if the adult that is 30 years of age or older is married to the minor. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 16 FLORIDA 18 The age of sexual consent is 16 for adults who are under 24 years of age, or if the adult that is 24 years of age or older is married to the minor. GEORGIA 16 HAWAII 16 It is illegal for minors age 14 and 15 to have consensual sex with adults at least five years older, this law does not apply to married couples. IDAHO 18 ILLINOIS 17 Illinois law makes 18 the minimum age at which teachers and their students may legally have sex. Age 17 does not apply to teachers or any other school employee in a "position of authority" over the minor. INDIANA 16 It is illegal for adults in a supervisory position of a minor aged 16 and 17 to have consensual sex with them. The crime called "felony child seduction" , a Class D felony, carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $10,000 fine. IOWA 16 KANSAS 16 Kansas law prohibits various sexual scenarios, and has a special category for sex with a person between 14 and 16. Adults breaching this criminal sodomy section face harsh penalties, but Kansas lawmakers carved out some breathing space for youthful miscreants, provided they are 18 or under, and within four years of age of their consensual partner. Called the "Romeo and Juliet" law, the provision limits the penalty for teen sex to 15 months in jail, and does not require the perpetrator to register as a sex offender. But the "Romeo and Juliet" law only applies to heterosexual teen-agers. Also it is a felony for school employees to have consensual sexual contact with students ages 16 or 17, even if it is only french-kissing. KENTUCKY 16 LOUISIANA 17 Louisiana law allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty for people convicted of having consensual sex with a person under 12 years old. The Louisiana state Supreme Court declared the law constitutional in 1999 because of a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court ruling addressing the rape of an adult, not a child. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1977 banned the death penalty for raping adult women, but the justices did not say whether it could be applied to child rapists. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the 1999 Louisiana case, allowing the death penalty law to stand. MAINE 16 MARYLAND 16 MASSACHUSETTS 16 If a minor 16 or 17 years of age is a virgin, sex is illegal (Chapter 272: Section 4. Inducing person under 18 to have sexual intercourse). MICHIGAN 16 MINNESOTA 16 MISSISSIPPI 16 MISSOURI 17 MONTANA 16 The homosexual age of sexual consent is higher at 18. NEBRASKA 17 NEVADA 16 The homosexual age of sexual consent is higher at 18. NEW HAMPSHIRE 16 The age of sexual consent is higher at 18 if the adult is in a position of authority over the person and uses this authority to coerce the person to submit, except if between legally married spouses. Also the homosexual age of consent may be higher at 18? NEW JERSEY 16 NEW MEXICO 17 The age of sexual consent for homosexuals may be lower at 13? NEW YORK 17 NORTH CAROLINA 16 NORTH DAKOTA 18 OHIO 16 OKLAHOMA 16 OREGON 18 PENNSYLVANIA 16 RHODE ISLAND 16 SOUTH CAROLINA 16 People 18 or younger can have consensual sex with someone as young as 14. South Carolina law allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty for people twice convicted of having consensual sex with a person under 11 years old. SOUTH DAKOTA 16 TENNESSEE 18 39-13-506. Statutory rape. (a) Statutory rape is sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or of the defendant by the victim when the victim is at least thirteen (13) but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the defendant is at least four (4) years older than the victim. (b) If the person accused of statutory rape is under eighteen (18) years of age, such a defendant shall be tried as a juvenile and shall not be transferred for trial as an adult. (c) Statutory rape is a Class E felony. TEXAS 18 The age of consent in Texas is considered to be 17 years of age, however, until the minor turns 18, he or she can only have sexual relations with someone 2 years older. UTAH 18 The age of sexual consent may be lower at 16 as long as it does not involve force? VERMONT 16 VIRGINIA 18 A person 18 and older having sex with a 13- or 14-year-old faces a felony charge, which carries a punishment of two to 10 years in prison and up to a $100,000 fine. A person 18 and older having sex with someone age 15, 16 or 17 faces a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. WASHINGTON 16 It is illegal for any school employee to have consensual sexual contact with a student between age 16 and high school graduation, so age 16 does not apply to school employees. WEST VIRGINIA 16 The age of sexual consent for homosexuals may be higher at 18? WISCONSIN 18 WYOMING 16* The age of sexual consent may be higher at 18 (14-3-105 Immoral or Indecent Liberties with a Child)? NOTE: In the AGE OF SEXUAL CONSENT column is the age of a person an adult 18 and over may legally have sexual contact with in that state.