Currently, the state does not have any law regarding peeing in public, so it is prosecuted under indecent exposure. Shurtleff says indecent exposure is a sex offense, and if a person is caught several times relieving themselves in public, they could find themselves on a sex offender registry -- a penalty Shurtleff thinks is too severe for the crime. "I think some of the stigma attached to that is greater than the offense," he said. "It's public urination and they should be charged with it."
I agree that peeing in public should not be a "sex offense" but, how many times do you have to be caught before you learn your lesson. Several means more than two in my book. If you are that dumb to be caught SEVERAL times then maybe you deserve to be on the sex offender list.
Now here is the important question. How many times have you been caught peeing in public? How many times have you peed and NOT been caught?
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the sex offended laws can be too strict. If I flash my boobs, say at a mardi gras party or something, and a child happens to see, then I can be added to the list. I think that's ludicrous.
Also, a guy we know grabbed the arm of a ten or eleven year old girl... to keep her from running in front of a car... and he was sued for molesting her and spent two years in jail. Guess who's on the sex offender list?
We always hear about these cases of mis-justice but.... I also wonder if we all know the facts. No body is going to tell you "yeah I am on the sex offender list and deserve to be there" My brother knows some guy that is suppose to be innocent. Some long huge story that has more twists and turns than a maze. He is constantly around my niece and nephew and I throw a fit. I am sure that there are innocent people on the "list" but some of these stories sound too innocent to be true. Before you get mad at me I am NOT saying that your friend is guilty or innocent. Maybe he should have gotten a better lawyer.
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