Epstein Secrets

cit sexual conduct with another person shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both. Section 2421 is the original Mann Act, as amended in minor respects. Section 2423(a), inten- ded to protect minors from sexual predation, mir- rors the Mann Act but imposes more severe p

te and foreign commerce for the purpose of having sex with a minor. Defendant was sentenced to 25 years in pris- on. Defendant appealed. Holdings: The Court of Appeals, Posner, Circuit Judge, held that: (1) purpose of defendant's travel was to engage in illegal sexual conduct, (2) testimony of adult witnesses co

pation in plan for transportation of women to Chicago and Nevada for prostitution pur- poses was sufficient to sustain her convic- tion of violating Mann Act. 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 2421 et seq., 2422. 19. Constitutional Law e42.3(l) Male defendant lacked standing to at- tack Mann Act on basis that it violated

in the Unit- ed States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, H. Kenneth Wangelin, J., of violating the Mann Act, and they appealed. The Court of Appeals, Gibson, Chief Judge, held that: (1) evidence was sufficient to sustain convictions; (2) where tape recordings in Government's possession did not

usual support systems when transported interstate, and it is rational for Congress to want to heighten protection of such minor victims by denying Mann Act defendants the defense of mistake. Moreover, the Equal Protection Clause is not offended by gradual, increment change in the law. See, e.g., Railw

, J., of seven counts of violating federal child exploitation statutes, and was sen- tenced to 168 months in prison. Defendant appealed. Holdings: The Court of Appeals. Colloton, Circuit Judge, held that: (1) convictions did not require proof that the intended victim was an actual mi- nor, as long as defendant be