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To: RMF who wrote (12771)	10/6/2006 1:37:59 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

They should probably stipulate in every "age of consent law" the maximum age difference between the two participants. It could be that if the kid is between 16 and 18 the other party can be NO more than 5 years older. Many state laws do have that caveat. But... It usually pertains to younger individuals. For example, my state has the following definitition of Rape of a child, third degree: A person is guilty of rape of a child in the third degree when the person has sexual intercourse with another who is at least fourteen years old but less than sixteen years old and not married to the perpetrator and the perpetrator is at least forty-eight months older than the victim. So, an 18 year old who has sex with a newly-minted fourteen year old is guilty of rape. If the child is between 12 and 14, the age differential is 36 months.