Quote Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
Goes to show you that there is something wrong with the criteria for becoming a registered sex offender.
You must be referring to these criteria, a conviction under one or more of the following statutes. Sections 16-22-102(9) and 18-1.3-1008, C.R.S. defines a sex offender as a person convicted of one [or more] of the following sex offenses:
  • Sexual assault in the first, second or third degree;
  • Unlawful sexual contact;
  • Sexual assault on a child;
  • Sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust;
  • Sexual assault on a client by a psychotherapist;
  • Enticement of a child;
  • Incest;
  • Aggravated Incest;
  • Trafficking in children;
  • Sexual exploitation of children;
  • Procurement of a child for sexual exploitation;
  • Indecent exposure; (<-- Here's your example from above used in a catch-all attempt to trivialize the value of having a registry)
  • Soliciting for child prostitution;
  • Pandering of a child;
  • Procurement of a child for prostitution;
  • Keeping a place of child prostitution;
  • Pimping of a child;
  • Inducement of child prostitution;
  • Patronizing a prostituted child;
  • Engaging in Sexual Conduct in a Penal Institution;
  • Wholesale Promotion of Obscenity to Minors; and
  • Promotion of Obscenity to Minors
  • Criminal attempt, conspiracy or solicitation to commit any of the above offenses.

Further,

Sexually Violent Predator (SVP)
1) Per 18-3-414.5 C.R.S., a "Sexually violent predator" is an offender:
(I) Who is eighteen years of age or older as of the date the offense is committed or who is less than eighteen years of age as of the date the offense is committed but is tried as an adult;
(II) Who has been convicted on or after July 1, 1999, of one of the following offenses committed on or after July 1, 1997:
(A) Sexual assault in the first, second, or third degree (felony);
(B) Unlawful sexual contact;
(D) Sexual assault on a child;
(E) Sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust;
(III) Whose victim was a stranger to the offender or a person with whom the offender established or promoted a relationship primarily for the purpose of sexual victimization; and
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif'](IV) Who, based upon the results of a risk assessment screening instrument developed by the division of criminal justice in consultation with and approved by the sex offender management board, is likely to subsequently commit one or more of the offenses specified in subparagraph (II) under the circumstances described in subparagraph (III).[/FONT]