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Do kids prosecuted and convicted under these laws have to register as sex offenders? If so... that is just awful. I mean, official reprimands, even going to cou

Do kids prosecuted and convicted under these laws have to register as sex offenders? If so... that is just awful. I mean, official reprimands, even going to court over something racy is not cool, but a lifelong stigma over something mostly harmless? Also wouldn't that reduce the meaningfulness of the sex offender registry when a large portion of the people are 'just on it cuz I got caught having sex when I was 17'.

SlyShy 17y ago
Yes. Here's an example: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/07/sexting.busts/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/07/sexting.busts/index.html
- ZeroGravitas 17y ago
  And here's another: http://jwz.livejournal.com/1158388.html?thread=21451764#t21451764 http://jwz.livejournal.com/1158388.html?thread=21451764#t214... That personal story was in response to a story about sex workers in New Orleans being added to the sex offenders register for oral sex. http://jwz.livejournal.com/1158388.html http://jwz.livejournal.com/1158388.html
  - sophacles 17y ago
    Thanks for the links! (also, thanks for the link to the parent post)
cookiecaper 17y ago
Yes, they generally have to register. We need to just do away with sex offender registries entirely. Not only are they unjust, but they're impractical: they're mostly made up of innocent people who upset their SO's parents as teenagers.
- jackowayed 17y ago
  I'm not sure that that's true. There's plenty of rapists, child molesters, etc on them. We shouldn't put people on there for sexting or having sex with their signifcant other who is only a year or so younger, but we shouldn't prosecute them at all. Though the registries do have the issue of leading to discrimination against the sex offenders and not giving people much of a 2nd chance.
  - pavel_lishin 17y ago
    If someone, as a mother of a child, has the right to know that a sex offender lives in her neighborhood, then I, as the owner of some expensive things, have the right to know that a burglar lives in my neighborhood.
    - jackowayed 17y ago
      Well yeah, at the end I admitted that there are other reasons to do away with the registries. But the premise that we should get rid of the registries because they're mostly stupid teens that were victims of these stupid laws is just wrong. The solution to that is to stop prosecuting kids with laws never meant to be used on them.
      - pavel_lishin 17y ago
        You're right, there are a lot of better reasons to ban those registries.

SlyShy 17y ago

Yes. Here's an example: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/07/sexting.busts/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/07/sexting.busts/index.html

ZeroGravitas 17y ago
And here's another: http://jwz.livejournal.com/1158388.html?thread=21451764#t21451764 http://jwz.livejournal.com/1158388.html?thread=21451764#t214... That personal story was in response to a story about sex workers in New Orleans being added to the sex offenders register for oral sex. http://jwz.livejournal.com/1158388.html http://jwz.livejournal.com/1158388.html
- sophacles 17y ago
  Thanks for the links! (also, thanks for the link to the parent post)

cookiecaper 17y ago

Yes, they generally have to register. We need to just do away with sex offender registries entirely. Not only are they unjust, but they're impractical: they're mostly made up of innocent people who upset their SO's parents as teenagers.

jackowayed 17y ago
I'm not sure that that's true. There's plenty of rapists, child molesters, etc on them. We shouldn't put people on there for sexting or having sex with their signifcant other who is only a year or so younger, but we shouldn't prosecute them at all. Though the registries do have the issue of leading to discrimination against the sex offenders and not giving people much of a 2nd chance.
- pavel_lishin 17y ago
  If someone, as a mother of a child, has the right to know that a sex offender lives in her neighborhood, then I, as the owner of some expensive things, have the right to know that a burglar lives in my neighborhood.
  - jackowayed 17y ago
    Well yeah, at the end I admitted that there are other reasons to do away with the registries. But the premise that we should get rid of the registries because they're mostly stupid teens that were victims of these stupid laws is just wrong. The solution to that is to stop prosecuting kids with laws never meant to be used on them.
    - pavel_lishin 17y ago
      You're right, there are a lot of better reasons to ban those registries.