And my 14 year old son gets registered as a sex offender until he’s 29 for mooning some girls his age.
Did this actually happen to your son or are you speaking hypothetically?
Damn!
I wish I was speaking hypothetically. Last winter, over at a neighbor’s, bunch of kids goofing around. The daughter repeatedly mooned everyone, he did it back and one of the other girls there told her parents. Enter the State Police and take a number at Family Court. 1 year’s probation and sex offender register, Tier 1. The kids were in ages from 11-14 - anyone under the age of 12 sees something like that and it’s automatic registry.
We had extensive testing, interviews, evaluations etc and everyone ‘in charge’ agreed that it was just the dumb action of a 14 year old boy, not done for any type of sexual gratification or coercion. Even the judge said that he didn’t want to sentence him like this and that he didn’t think it was right but the law left him no choice. So it’s 15 years on the registry, but he can petition after 10 years to be removed if he’s had no other related offenses (not likely). It’s been pretty hard on him. He says he can’t even hold a girl’s hand until he’s 30.
Oh yeah..the girl who first did the ‘mooning’ wasn’t charged with anything. Police didn’t want to.