Being convicted of a sex offense will have a lasting impact on your life. California’s sex offender registration requirement, found in Penal Code 290 (PC 290), requires you to place your name on a public record if you are found guilty of one of the qualifying sex crimes. You may be required to register as a sex offender for life. Just recent yesterday the bill SB 145, states the offenders would not have to automatically register as sex offenders if the offenders are within 10 years of age of the minor. So this allows a 20 year old to have sex with a 10 year old and not getting a sex offense which is rape, child abuse, pedophilia and should never had gotten passed. This petition is to take a stand to revoke this bill and be replaced with a decree that all sex offenders be automatically listed and charged with the act they have participated in whether its rape, murder, abuse, sexually abusing a child etc. in the state of California and in all states of America.
“This bill that was passed states non-forcible sodomy, oral copulation, and sexual penetration with a minor do not require mandatory sex offender registration unless there is a ten-year gap between the minor and the other person. However, a court may still require registration if it deems appropriate. These offenses, when committed without force, where the minor was a willing participant and under the age of 14 are sometimes referred to as “Hofsheier offenses.” People v. Hofsheier (2006) 37 Cal.4th 1185 held that requiring mandatory sex offender registration for one such an offense – oral copulation – was unconstitutional if the state did not also require registration for a person convicted nonforcible sexual intercourse with a minor because it made an illegal distinction based on the sex act itself.” We must take stand to #Saveourchildren now. Contact California State Legislatures to take a stand and make sure this does not happen in another state.