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Call it bullying or call it horseplay. Either way, a state appellate court panel says roughhousing with a sexual connotation by a pair of 14-year-old Somerset County boys was a crime that requires them to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.
One of the boys, whose case went to trial, said he had sat on the faces of a pair of 12-year-old schoolmates with his bare buttocks in November 2008 "cause I thought it was funny and I was trying to get my friends to laugh," he told a family court judge.
Originally posted by Shenon
Thats America,what do you expect? Every Citizien is probably on some sort of List I think there should be a Thread where we can list every List there is
Originally posted by Vitchilo
The sex offender list... that was supposed to be for the worst of the worst... now almost everyone getting caught doing something ``acceptable or no big deal`` end up on it.
2 N.J. teens labeled sex offenders for life after 'horseplay' incident
Call it bullying or call it horseplay. Either way, a state appellate court panel says roughhousing with a sexual connotation by a pair of 14-year-old Somerset County boys was a crime that requires them to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.
What they did :
One of the boys, whose case went to trial, said he had sat on the faces of a pair of 12-year-old schoolmates with his bare buttocks in November 2008 "cause I thought it was funny and I was trying to get my friends to laugh," he told a family court judge.
Ok it's bad, but the kids are 14. That's what they do. They should be facing some consequences, but not lifelong, life altering consequences.
But how can you explain that a 14 year-old can't legally consent to sex, but they can be labeled as sex offenders for life? Police state, insane parents and insane lawmakers passing this kind of laws without thinking is what end up destroying the lives of thousands of people... The ``think of the children`` crowd, destroying America one law at a time.
Putting 14 years old for this kind of stuff on the sex offender list, or some guy peeing on the side of the road makes the sex offender list moot... which it shouldn't be.
Not to mention, being on the sex offender list basically destroys your life.