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MI - Bill would keep teen 'Romeos and Juliets' off sex offender registry

Original Article 03/24/2011 By Karen Bouffard Lansing - Legislation to keep consenting teenage lovers off Michigan's sex offender list is headed to Gov. Rick Snyder to be signed into law following final passage today in the state House. Snyder is expected to sign the law. It won't make it legal for teens to have sex with an underage partner: The age of consent would remain at 16. But the new law will prevent kids from ending up on the sex offender registry if they had consensual sex with a partner between 13 and 16 years old, provided there is no more than four years between their ages. Children would have to be at least 14 to be added to the registry. Those now on the registry for crimes they were convicted of as teens would be able to petition a judge to have their names removed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 25, 2011 (boomark / email).