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And another one! Family Values” GOP Ex-State Senator Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking
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Trafficking?? Overcharging in my book.
Probably because the boy was under 18.
barbos
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From comments section 
barbos
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Age does not seem to be the problem here (age of consent is 16 in OK). Money exchange and being within certain distance from the church is the problem. These preachy types really have higher ratio of sex weirdos than general population it seems.
He pleaded to child sex trafficking.
What's weird is that prostitutuon within 1000 feet of a church is a thing that's a law.
Is that just Christian churches or would temples to Aphrodite count too? Because that would present some logistical challenges.
Is that just Christian churches or would temples to Aphrodite count too? Because that would present some logistical challenges.
J842P
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Age of consent merely means you cannot be charged for rape. The boy is still a minor prostituting himself, so you probably can get charged for all sorts of things.
I do understand the "trafficking" probably doesn't sound right, when you hear trafficking you think something out of that movie Eastern Promises. But likely, they way the law is written if it involves a minor it is automatically trafficking. Also, I read he recorded it, so they probably were going to get him on production and transportation of child pornography, and that probably entails child-sex trafficking.
barbos
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OK, so legal age for prostitution is 18? Oh I see, since 18 is legal age for porn/etc. Makes sense.
That article must be pretty old. Penberthy now works on a breakfast show in South Australia. The article is referring to a brothel in Sydney.From comments section
Yeah, it's probably the way the law is written but to me "trafficking" implies force or threats. To me, simply offering someone money for sex is prostitution, not trafficking.