MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: no more bang bang

> > Reminds me of a Reno 911 episode where the police dept. advertised age of consent
> > wallet cards that had them all per state. On Wiki P there is:
>
> I'm too old to bang teenagers, married, etc. but out of interest, how does this
> interact with "universal jurisdiction" that often gets claimed on child sex offences?
> If you screw a 16-year-old then later move to a state where age of consent is 18, are
> they likely to try and invoke "universal jurisdiction" to charge you for it? I know
> it happens internationally - if an Australian goes to Indonesia (where age of consent
> is 14 for girls and 16 for guys) and has sex with a 15-year-old girl, they can still
> be charged with a sex crime on returning to Australia (where age of consent is 16 for
> everyone) because they claim "universal jurisdiction".

The international travel thing holds here, too, at least if "commerce" is involved in some way. It further holds for transporting minors across state lines, or enticing them to transport themselves, sometimes.

Those 16-18 laws also include some age variance, in at least 12 states, depending on the ages of both parties, rather than just the one. It may or may not be illegal for a 20-17 or 16-14 encounter to occur, depending on who you are, where you live, and where you are.

(Source: I just ran off and googled stuff, managing to avoid things best left unseen)

Note where Connecticut is on that list. Go have sex with a 30-year-old, but don't play a game that involves shooting things.