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Although the age of consent in D.C. is 16 I don't think that matters. Foley didn't have sex with the boy. Also the boy is 16 now, but was 15 at the time of the emails. The real issue is Foley sent some email and text messages from Florida where the age of consent is 18, and by state law it is unlawful for an adult to communicate with a minor about sex. According to a legal analyst they had on the radio this morning Foley may be in legal trouble in Florida due to the worst of the instant messages discussing sexual acts. It really it depends on how aggressive the prosecuter is because since none of the messages released to date solicited sex; they only discussed sex. In practice they always go after those who solicit sex, but just discussing sex is more of a grey area.
So I figure if the prosecutor is a Republican he's OK. If he's a Democrat he's going to be charged. This is politics as usual after all.
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