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Texas Online Solicitation of a Minor Statute Overbroad

Mark Bennett | December 19, 2008

A person who is 17 years of age or older commits an offense if, with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, the person, over the Internet or by electronic mail or a commercial online service, intentionally communicates in a sexually explicit manner with an individual who represents himself [...]

TOS Violations in Criminal Solicitation of a Minor Case

Mark Bennett | May 19, 2008

The indictment (h/t Orin Kerr at The Volokh Conspiracy) in U.S. v. Drew:

On or about the following dates, defendant DREW, using a computer in O’Fallon, Missouri, intentionally accessed and caused to be accessed a computer used in interstate and foreign commerce, namely, the MySpace servers located in Los Angeles County, California, within the Central District [...]