Question

Don is a 42-year-old man who has been chatting online with someone whom he knows to be a 16-year-old girl. Don frequently discusses acts of sexual conduct and sexual penetration with this girl online and finally persuades her to meet him with the intent to commit aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The girl's parents find out about Don's plan and inform police, and Don is arrested. It would be MOST appropriate to charge Don with _____.

Answer 1

Don should be charged with solicitation of a minor, attempted sexual abuse of a minor, and related internet offenses against children, in line with the legal framework established to protect minors, like the CDA of 1995.

Step-by-step explanation:

It would be MOST appropriate to charge Don with solicitation of a minor for sexual purposes, attempted sexual abuse of a minor, and possibly other related offenses such as grooming or luring a minor over the internet for sexual purposes. The Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1995 demonstrates congressional intent to protect minors from indecent material on the internet, suggesting a legal framework for internet-related offenses against children. While the CDA primarily addressed the transmission of indecent material rather than sexual solicitation, it reflects the serious view that the law takes on the protection of minors in the context of internet interactions.