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Re: Laws about sex.... (was something else)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:52:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Right! We have some impressively vague and unenforced laws. For example,
> apparently Bill Clinton and Gary Condit(1) may both be "sex offenders" under
> DC law, since adultery is illegal in DC. Matters not whether all parties
> involved consent or not..
Interesting. It was illegal in England too, under the Puritanic rule of
Oliver Cromwell. Curiously though, of all the cases brought to trial
throughout London, only one ever secured a conviction - in most cases, the
jurors wouldn't register a guilty verdict because they didn't like the
automatic sentencing - death.
Looks like Bill got off lightly. Still, he wouldn't have lasted long
calling himself 'President' in 1642. Not sure what the punishment for
under-age drinking was though...
Jason J Railton
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| (...) Right! We have some impressively vague and unenforced laws. For example, apparently Bill Clinton and Gary Condit(1) may both be "sex offenders" under DC law, since adultery is illegal in DC. Matters not whether all parties involved consent or (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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