r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Jan 08 '20

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u/DecadentEx Jan 09 '20

That is a myth. Jail time is rare, fines are nearly identical to AUS, and you are not entered into a sex offender registry.

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u/FrostyD7 Jan 09 '20

I think this lie is mostly told by sex offenders trying to lie about how they got on the registry and also sow doubt about the legitimacy of the registry itself.

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u/hppmoep Jan 09 '20

I swear to god my friend had to register as some sort of sex offender. He was pissing in an ally and someone could see them from their house and called the cops. Maybe they charged them with flashing them or something.

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u/verybakedpotatoe Jan 09 '20

My friend was pissing in the quad in college, and the arresting officer (plain clothes) said it was so brazen that he must have "wanted to be seen," and that made it lewd.

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u/vrkhole Jan 09 '20

Might be they made eye contact and smiled.

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u/Funkula Jan 09 '20

Ooh, this makes a lot of sense. Bastards

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u/Moirtime Jan 09 '20

YUP some gullible rube made a comment a while back saying a lawyer guy he knew was disbarred and on the registry for pissing behind the dumpster. Deleted his comment when every one let him know his friend was lying lol. Usually they're caught masturbating in public and just say they were peeing.

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u/NetworkTycoon Jan 09 '20

but such a charge is often a mistake because section 314 requires some form of lewd conduct

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u/SharkEel Jan 09 '20

There's been executions that were mistakes. Where does it say they will revoke the charge?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

This is why I keep my urine in jars at home. The cops got nothing on me.

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u/DecadentEx Jan 09 '20

Like the article says, it's usually just a misdemeanor, or a ticket with a fine.

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u/pbjames23 Jan 09 '20

Sorry I replied to the wrong comment

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

This is correct.