Re: CSI: Miami 12/17/2007

In article <barmar-191186.21523821122007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Barry Margolin <barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> In article <Cv-dnZabXoblYvbanZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  "Mason Barge" <masonbarge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > "Barry Margolin" <barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> > news:barmar-B96FE1.22251320122007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > In article <5rydnY3IMourPPfanZ2dnUVZ_oGjnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > > "Mason Barge" <masonbarge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Here's a trickier one.  George, aged 30, marries Carol, aged 16, in
a 
> > >> state
> > >> where it's legal.  If they move to a state where the age of consent
is 
> > >> 17 
> > >> or
> > >> 18, could he be convicted of statutory rape?
> > >
> > > I suspect most statutory rape laws exempt married couples.  So as
long
> > > as the second state accepts the first state's marriage, there's no
rape.
> > >
> > 
> > Once you practice law for a while, you get a little quicker to
question 
> > assumptions and/or "common sense".
> > 
> > It took me 20 seconds to find this:
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/national/30baby.html

> 
> Although the article *does* mention that this type of prosecution is 
> very rare -- usually married couples are excused.
> 
> This one is a pretty extreme case -- the girl is only 14, an age where 
> many parents don't even allow serious dating, let alone *** and 
> marriage.  Also, he drove her across state lines to marry her -- isn't 
> trans****ting a minor across state lines for immoral purposes also a 
> crime?

Is marriage an immoral purpose?