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Student Post- Sooner State in a Bind

By Corey Rayburnyung

Oklahoma's age of consent has caused the state to be in a bit of a bind. The Oklahoman reported the problem on March 22, 2009.  Twice in one week, officers from two different states searched for two different 16 year old girls who went missing after meeting men online. Both girls had tickets paid in full by men in Oklahoma. One girl, from Hawaii was found in Los Angeles on her way to Oklahoma. The other, from New York, was actually found living in a house in Oklahoma with an older man.Here is where the issue arises. The man who was living with the girl from New York was taken into custody but the Oklahoma City Police do not plan an investigations because the girl was 16- the age of consent. "In Oklahoma, if you are 16, you can have sex all you want,? said Gayland Gieger of the Oklahoma County district attorney?s sex crimes team...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 31, 2009 (boomark / email).