fletcher
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I do not support a registry based on the idea that if they're dangerous enough to be on one, they should be (or still be) in prison instead of out and about.
I do not support a registry based on the idea that if they're dangerous enough to be on one, they should be (or still be) in prison instead of out and about.
4v50 Gary said:Mens Rea, or mental state is everything.
If a guy had a lot of brewskis and had to relieve his bladder or explode, and stepped behind a bush since the former is more acceptable than the latter, it's not indecent exposure. First, he stepped behind the bushes to conceal his privates. Second, he is behind the bushes because of a need for the body to discharge unwanted fluids. Third, he had no intent to "expose" himself to a female (or whatever critter appeals to him sexually).
Can it become indecent exposure? Yes. One woman told me she was working in an office and saw some guy pissing. She called for him to stop and he was taken aback, surprised that he was seen. Instead of putting his privates away, he grinned at her, and flauntingly shook it before putting it away. At that point, his intent or mens rea had changed and thus his exposure was unlawful. Had he immediately put it away and scampered off, no exposure. That he grinned and flaunted it meant that the actus rea and mens rea coincided such that there is a crime.
BTW, there's a crime anyway in that he "littered" in public.
The People rest.
50 Freak said:I think it needs to be "scaled down".