[LINK] The vagaries of cp

[Scott Howard]

So he was 30, she was 15-16?

Presuming they did actually engage in a "sexual act" whilst in Queensland
(the article doesn't specifically say that they did) then even if you ignore
the CP issues, this would most likely be illegal under US law.  He has
traveled internationally with the intent of having sex with a minor
significantly younger than he is. Regardless of what the legal age of
consent is in the country he travelled to, that it illegal under US law.

Australia has similar laws.

  Scott.



On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at janwhitaker.com> wrote:

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> US man facing cp charge
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> http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-man-facing-child-porn-charge-20090321-94zj.html
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/ckl5by
>    * Sacramento, California
>    * March 22, 2009
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> A Californian man is to be charged with making child pornography with
> a 15-year-old Australian girl.
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> The grand jury indictment says 30-year-old Troy Nelson exchanged
> graphic images online with the girl. Prosecutors say he then went to
> Queensland late last year to live with the girl, who had turned 16.
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> They were engaged with her parents' permission.
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> The age of consent in Queensland is 16.
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> Nelson was arrested when he returned to the US on March 2 and could
> face 40 years in prison if convicted of the sexual exploitation of a child.
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