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Three Flashes And You're Out?

By Corey Rayburnyung

Utah's serial flashers may soon find themselves labeled as sex offenders under a new bill passed yesterday by the state's House of Representatives. The bill only affects persons convicted of flashing their private parts three or more times. You can read the text of the bill here. From the Salt Lake Tribune:Anyone convicted of flashing their private parts three or more times would land themselves on the state's sex offender registry under a bill the Utah House has approved. Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clinton, says his bill is intended to make parents aware that someone might have a problem. Originally, his bill would have placed anyone convicted of the offense only one time on the registry. Ray says it's not his intent to punish someone who makes a mistake and pulls a juvenile prank...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).