Is there such a thing as a misdemeanor sex crime? Please explain.
Indecent Exposure (thats where mooning and urinating in public come in)
Slap a woman on the behind could be misdemeanor sexual assault ... if she's under 18 then she's a minor.
Plus there are TONS of "misdemeanor sex crimes" on the books in most states that are out of date ... like "leering at a woman on Sunday" or "two unmarried people of the opposite sex sleeping in the same bed" or in Texas I understand that sex toys are illegal.
In some states "fornication" (sex outside of marriage) and "adultery"(sex outside of YOUR marriage) are misdemeanor sex crimes.
Now this provision appears to only count misdemeanor sex crimes
against minors
Okay, so if you come on to an underage girl (even if you never touch her, and you didn't know she was underage) you've committed a misdemeanor sex crime against a minor in most states.
If a minor interprets your touching them as "sexual" then you've committed a misdemeanor sex crime against a minor in most states (this has been used against teachers who have grabbed a child to dicipline them).
If a minor thinks you where "leering" at them that could be a misdemeanor sex crime against a minor in some states.
I'm sure some lawyer type could come in here and give you the fancy names the state uses for each of these offenses.
One of my big concerns is that in general sex crimes allegedly committed against minors are the toughest crimes to get a fair trial on ... I would venture to guess that there are more people wrongfully convicted of sex crimes then any other crime (the husband of a lady I used to work went through all this mess ... he had an iron clad alibi and plenty of character witnesses but he was still advised to plea bargain it down to a misdemeanor just because according to his attorney "the facts don't matter in child molestation cases" ... don't believe for a minute that this is not the primary reason this law came up)
Again ...
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