At one time the Mann act was so broadly interpetated that you could be
arrested and sometimes convicted for merely driving across a stateline
with a female not your wife, or child in the car. I had a friend that
would make his girlfriend get out of the car and walk across the
stateline under her own power. Whether that would protect someone or
not, I do not know because no one ever arrested him or even looked like
they wanted to as far as I know. Paranoia knows no limits <grin>.
graywolf
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P. J. Alling wrote:
Here's my example.
A man picks up a female hitchhiker on the approaches to the George
Washington Bridge in NY. They hit it off and when they reach Fort Lee
NJ they immediately go to a motel. If the decision to do this is made
before the Hudson River crossing the Mann act has been violated, if
the decision is made after arriving in NJ the Mann act hasn't.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/3/2005 2:21:00 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We went through this discussion, the Mann Act, which criminalize "the
transportation of women across state lines for immoral purposes". It
was originally aimed at organized crime, (white slavery rings, which
may or may not have been a real problem). However it was soon came
to be a general prohibition. You have to be a mind reader to be able
to prosecute anyone under that statute. It's been done successfully
many times however...
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Hmmm, good point. However, that one is more clear cut in a way.
Transporting a woman across state lines can be proved. Even if the
for immoral purposes part can't.
But I get what you are saying.
Marnie aka Doe
