I firmly believe that anyone who commits a sexual crime against a child should be labeled, for life as a sexual offender. I firmly believe that they should spend a good amount, if not the rest of their lives, in jail.
But some cases... they aren't sexual offenses. And, they shouldn't be tried as one.
John Thomas Taylor was annoyed at the driving habits of the people in the Benz on 1-4 in Orlando the other day. He decided to express his anger, not by committing some horrible act of rage like pulling a gun, or forcing their car off the road- but by doing the most immature thing... mooning them.
He now might be facing 15 years in prison, and lifetime sex offender registration.
I'm sorry, but I'd rather Florida focus on true sexual predators, instead of turning childish behavior into a sexual ordinated crime. Yes, it was stupid, and thoughtless, and crazy... but do you really think it's worth labeling him forever in a classification that should be reserved with the likes of John Couey?
But some cases... they aren't sexual offenses. And, they shouldn't be tried as one.
John Thomas Taylor was annoyed at the driving habits of the people in the Benz on 1-4 in Orlando the other day. He decided to express his anger, not by committing some horrible act of rage like pulling a gun, or forcing their car off the road- but by doing the most immature thing... mooning them.
He now might be facing 15 years in prison, and lifetime sex offender registration.
Two witnesses told deputies that Taylor had dropped his pants and hung his bottom out of the window, according to the Sheriff's Office report. One was the back-seat passenger in the Tahoe.
Deputies ordered the Tahoe to pull over after two callers phoned the Sheriff's Office to complain that the Tahoe was involved in a road-rage incident.
The family in the Mercedes told deputies the Tahoe had cut them off and was driving recklessly, and that Taylor had thrown something at them and mooned them.
The Tahoe's driver, Kyle Lee Donaldson, 18, of Orlando, told deputies that the Mercedes cut him off. His back-seat passenger, James Patrick Sears, 19, of Orlando, told deputies that Taylor had hung his bottom out of the window but had exposed only a small portion of it.
I'm sorry, but I'd rather Florida focus on true sexual predators, instead of turning childish behavior into a sexual ordinated crime. Yes, it was stupid, and thoughtless, and crazy... but do you really think it's worth labeling him forever in a classification that should be reserved with the likes of John Couey?