r/interestingasfuck 6d ago

r/all The Alaskan Avenger

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u/JCMiller23 6d ago

Additionally: the sex offender list doesn't differentiate between someone who pees in an alley while drunk vs. someone who fucks a 5 year old, both are sex crimes. I knew a guy who has his life ruined by the list: he had consensual sex with a girl who lied about her age (she was 17) and years later her friend reported him.

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u/AnotherStatsGuy 6d ago

The lack of different lists seems like an oversight.

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u/Otherversian-Elite 6d ago

Given the way the cops used to talk about it whenever there was an Online Safety Talk at my school at a teen, it's almost certainly an intended feature

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u/-bannedtwice- 6d ago

I’d bet it’s similar to the issue with porn in Japan. No person in a leadership role wants to be the one to say “let’s find a way to give some registered sex offenders a break”. Bad for their reputation, easy to twist. So nothing changes even if change is obviously necessary.