LafayetteLady
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Joined: 5/2/2007 From: Northern New Jersey Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady Urinating in public can get you there too in many states. Yup. In CA, if you're seen peeing in public by a minor, it's felony public nudity and welcome to the sex offenders list. Last year a guy in San Diego was seen peeing off of his porch in his own yard by his 13 year old neighbor and was arrested. So does this make him a pedophile or just a sex offender?? Damn, they pulled the other post, so now I have to type it up again. Sex offender is a legal term, pedophile is psychological. The legal term "sex offender" is given to all those convicted of any number of various sex acts, i.e. rape, molestation, sex with a minor, public nudity, lewdness and pedophiles. All under the umbrella of the term sex offender. So while all pedophiles are sex offenders, not all sex offenders are pedophiles. Just an aside to that, statutory rape falls under that umbrella and depending on your state, it could apply to an 18 year old who had consensual sex with his 16 year old girlfriend. If you look at the sex offender registry for your state, it tells you basics of the charge, i.e. statutory rape with someone under 18, sexual acts with someone under 11, etc. The only reason I mention this is because Florida's statutory rape law is completely inappropriate. It plainly states that if the girl lied to you, even showing you a fake ID (or I guess could be a guy), then you can and will be convicted. Other states, like NJ where I live, has a "5 year window" so if a 20 year old is dating a 16 year old, statutory rape will not apply if the act was consensual.
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