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TrueLoveEditorial t1_j36g2m3 wrote

Reply to comment by Super_C_Complex in Are sex offenders required to notify neighbors in PA? by mama-moth

True. Streaking - as some college bros like to do on occasion - is classified as a sex offense.

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MeEvilBob t1_j36x5zn wrote

Or in the case of a former coworker of mine, pissing on a dumpster behind a bar on his 21st birthday. A cop caught him and charged him with indecent exposure.

He didn't do anything to anybody, but that doesn't matter because anybody who sees that he's on the registry is going to assume he's a monster.

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bitterbeerfaces t1_j3ad74e wrote

That does not happen in this state. Indecent exposure is NOT a ML triggering offense in Pa.

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MeEvilBob t1_j3ahqir wrote

This didn't happen in PA, but it does happen, which was my point.

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bitterbeerfaces t1_j36m1zx wrote

Not in Pennsylvania.

Yes there are charges on the registration that shouldn't be there. (Interference is a great example)

As for the constitutionality of it, they have been fighting it since the 1990s. It was unconstitutional for a bit around 2017, but the legislature changed the law. Could it change one day? Sure. But there is strong political support to keep it on both sides.

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TrueLoveEditorial t1_j36mxgb wrote

Are you responding to my comment or the OP's?

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bitterbeerfaces t1_j36o3ef wrote

Yours and comment above. Streaking, isn't a Adam Walsh offense in Pa.

Edit to add. Megan's law technically changed to Adam Walsh act in the early 2000's. The federal government required all states to update their sex offender registry laws.

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TrueLoveEditorial t1_j36o8pk wrote

Then why do streakers get sent to sex offender's counseling as part of ARD?

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bitterbeerfaces t1_j36osv1 wrote

That is up to the individual probation office. It's not legally required on the state level.

*Source: I am an advocate for victims of sexual offenses and work closely with state and county offices.

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TrueLoveEditorial t1_j36oz24 wrote

That must be a new thing. My experience is from 2006 to 2009. (I wasn't the offender )

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bitterbeerfaces t1_j36qb23 wrote

Not new and never was required on the state level. Yes, a probation or parole department absolutely could impose sex offender requirements on anyone they feel is a risk. But there is nothing in the law that states they must. This greatly varries from county to county.

Indecent exposure has never been a Megans/Adam Walsh trigger in Pa. If you know someone who is telling you that they were convicted of a streaking offense in Pennsylvania and as a result they were put on Megan's law, they are blowing smoke up your ass and there is more to the story.

Now if this guy was running naked while touching his penis or perhaps saying sexual things to strangers, then yes, that would end up with charges that would trigger Megan's law.

Here are the current trigger laws. https://www.meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/InformationalPages/CrimesCode

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