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Sex Between Teacher and 18 Year Old Student Legal In Washington State

By Corey Rayburnyung

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A unanimous all-female panel on the Washington Court of Appeals found that a state law banning teachers from having sex with minors does not apply to 18-year-olds. You may view the opinion here. Cradle-robbing teachers in Iowa however, should be warned; sex with 18-year-old students in the Hawkeye state is apparently illegal. From the Seattle Times:State law does not ban teachers from having sex with 18-year-old students, according to a unanimous ruling by a panel of appellate judges. The state Court of Appeals ruling came in a case involving Matthew Hirschfelder, a former choir teacher at Hoquiam High School who was charged with first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor in 2006 after an 18-year-old member of the choir told police she had been involved in a months-long sexual relationship with him...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).

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