HRS §707-756
Using electronics to lure a child for a serious crime
This law makes it a serious crime to use a computer or other electronic device to set up a meeting with a minor, or someone pretending to be a minor, intending to commit a major crime like murder. You must actually travel to the meeting place at the agreed time to be guilty. It is a class B felony with prison time.
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The statute, as written — Electronic enticement of a child in the first degree
(1) Any person who, using a computer or any other electronic device: (a) Intentionally or knowingly communicates: (i) With a minor known by the person to be under the age of eighteen years; (ii) With another person, in reckless disregard of the risk that the other person is under the age of eighteen years, and the other person is under the age of eighteen years; or (iii) With another person who represents that person to be under the age of eighteen years; (b) With the intent to promote or facilitate the commission of a felony: (i) That is a murder in the first or second degree; (ii) That is a class A felony; or (iii) That is another covered offense as defined in section 846E-1, agrees to meet with the minor, or with another person who represents that person to be a minor under the age of eighteen years; and (c) Intentionally or knowingly travels to the agreed upon meeting place at the agreed upon meeting time, is guilty of electronic enticement of a child in the first degree. (2) Electronic enticement of a child in the first degree is a class B felony. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person convicted of electronic enticement of a child in the first degree shall be sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment as provided by law.
Sections this one refers to
§846E-1 Definitions for the covered offender registry law
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