ROCKVILLE — If a high-school coach has sex with a 16-year-old student, did that coach commit a crime? In Maryland, that depends.
“Right now, it’s illegal for a teacher or coach to have sex with someone under the age of 18 if that person is ‘under their care or custody,’’’ at the time, explains Lisae Jordan with the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
But she says a quirk in Maryland law carves out an exception.
“The law only prohibits teachers and coaches from having sex with children at other times if they are working for the school.”
Jordan has lobbied to close that loophole in Annapolis. A bill that would have narrowed the exemption failed in the Maryland state legislature in the last legislative session.
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with consensual sex the age is 15 in MD according to WCSO.
ReplyDeleteWide open to interpretation just like a zillion other laws in Md.Rarely is anything in this state worded in a manner that does not lend itself to legal arguments.
ReplyDelete3:39 Way to out yourself as a pedophile.
ReplyDeleteHey, old white men... keep your hands off our children!