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"Larry" wrote in message
news: @ ...
> In article <470735df$0$20582$4c368faf@ >,
> "GeekBoy" wrote:
>
>> "Larry" wrote in message
>> news: @ ...
>> > In article <470692d4$0$15404$4c368faf@ >,
>> > "GeekBoy" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Larry" wrote in message
>> >> news: @ ...
>> >> > In article <4705b5a3$0$28804$4c368faf@ >,
>> >> > "GeekBoy" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> "Bo Raxo" wrote in message
>> >> >> news: @ ...
>> >> >> > On Oct 3, 10:20 pm, Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >> /id/21122783/
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Sex-offender parents pose dilemma for schools
>> >> >> >> Boards debate how much access to school grounds they should
>> >> >> >> allow
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Updated: 7:25 . MT Oct 3, 2007
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> STEELE, . - School boards across the country are debating how
>> >> >> >> to
>> >> >> >> deal
>> >> >> >> with parents like Cody Mittleider. The 28-year-old married
>> >> >> >> father
>> >> >> >> of
>> >> >> >> three young children spent a year in prison for a 2005 rape
>> >> >> >> conviction,
>> >> >> >> but has since worked to become a respected member of the
>> >> >> >> community.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> He quit drinking, attends counseling, got a job at a potato farm
>> >> >> >> and
>> >> >> >> joined the volunteer fire department in this central North
>> >> >> >> Dakota
>> >> >> >> town
>> >> >> >> of about 760 residents.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > A convicted sex offender who is a volunteer firefighter?!? Am I
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > only one who sees a HUGE problem here?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Sorry, but convicted sex offenders are the last person I want
>> >> >> > running
>> >> >> > in to a stranger's home at the time of maximum confusion and
>> >> >> > vulnerablity.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Bo Raxo
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You mena like those in wacko states that require to reigister as a
>> >> >> sex
>> >> >> offender because when you were 17 you had sex with your 15 yo girl
>> >> >> friend,
>> >> >> took a pee on the side of the road, or streaked as a joke at a
>> >> >> college
>> >> >> frat
>> >> >> party?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > What state makes you register as a sex offender for peeing on the
>> >> > side
>> >> > of the road, or streaking as a college prank?
>> >>
>> >> Lacy received a ticket for indecent exposure Sept. 20 after he
>> >> attempted
>> >> to
>> >> sprint across the field wearing only racing flats and some purple body
>> >> paint. His plan was foiled by security guards, who caught him hopping
>> >> over
>> >> the field's fence and held him until police arrived.
>> >>
>> >> After sitting in the back of a patrol car sporting a makeshift skirt
>> >> officers fashioned from Scotch tape and napkins, Lacy was told that he
>> >> may
>> >> have to register as a sex offender.
>> >>
>> >> That's because indecent exposure is a misdemeanor that carries a
>> >> sentence
>> >> of
>> >> up to a year-and-a-half in jail and possible sex offender
>> >> registration.
>> >> That's not something Lacy or his parents ever expected to hear.
>> >>
>> >> /news/2007/sep/28/students-question-streaker-penalty/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Currently, there is no state law specifically addressing public
>> >> urination;
>> >> it's prosecuted under a patchwork of local and state laws, indecent
>> >> exposure
>> >> among them.
>> >>
>> >> Shurtleff says because indecent exposure is a sex offense, multiple
>> >> convictions could land habitual public urinators on a sex offender
>> >> registry,
>> >> a penalty he feels 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."
>> >>
>> >> A member of the House Judiciary Committee, Shurtleff, of Concord, is
>> >> working
>> >> to rewrite New Hampshire's sex offender laws to comply with new
>> >> federal
>> >> law.
>> >> Under federal law, those convicted of indecent exposure twice in three
>> >> years
>> >> would be forced to register as sex offenders.
>> >>
>> >> /news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2007/09/30/lawmaker
>> >> _pe
>> >> eing_in_public_exposes_a_flaw_in_the_law/
>> >
>> >
>> > So the perpetrator in the first case "may" have to register because the
>> > charge carries "possible" sex offender registration?
>> >
>> > And the second story states that only "habitual" public urinators can
>> > be
>> > forced to register.... and someone who habitually urinates in public,
>> > probably isn't just urinating in public.
>> >
>> > So the laws aren't quite exactly as you claimed, are they?
>> >>
>>
>> Yeah you better stick with your NASCAR and beer, sheeple.
>
> I don't follow NASCAR and don't drink beer. Wanna try again?
>
> Oh, and I'd bet that the student streaker in the article above did NOT
> end up having to register as a sex offender. You want to take the bet?

Yeah you keep thinking and and go back to being a sheep..