The kid on the right is 23 year old Matthew Freeman, a Pittsfield, Michigan resident who 6 years ago was convicted of having sex with his then 15 year old girlfriend he was 17 years old. After being convicted of stautory rape (a prosecution initiated by his girlfriend's mother) he is required to register as a sex offender. Now he's facing further criminal charges because he lives within a 1000 feet of an elementary school. He will remain on the sex offender registry for the next 19 years (25 years in all.)Here, on Bad Lawyer I've established my cred on the question of pedophiles, offenders, and perps--so listen to me folks, laws like the well-intentioned prohibition of sex offenders living within a certain radius of certain buildings are asinine. The sex offender registry requirement for young men who have "consensual" sex with girlfirends who are close in age, albeit not technically at the age of consent--is ridiculous.
These sorts of laws evolve out of state legislators wanting to appear "tough on crime" without doing something nuance and effective.
for more: http://www.annarbor.com/news/a-young-man-struggles-with-the-sex-offender-label/
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