Court Picks SORNA Rule for Statutory Rape

The four-year age difference requirement for consensual sex offenses set out in the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act means that offenders who are more than 48 months older than their underage sex partners are subject to the statute’s requirement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held Dec. 9. (United States v. Black, 2014 BL 347838, 10th Cir., No. 14-1000)

The defendant in the case argued that, because his yearly age was only 18 at the time of his offense and the yearly age of the girl who had consensual sex with him was ...