19 year old Zach Anderson went on a dating website called Hot Or Not to meet a girl. When he connected with someone she told Zach she was 17, they then agreed to meet. When they met they had consensual sex, the problem is that she was only 14. Now Zach is on the sex offender list for 25 years in his state. He can't go to the mall, to the park, or even to his own home because his little brother is 15 years old. The girls mother in front of judge Dennis Wiley said that she didn't want him on the sex offenders list because "he's really not", the 14 year old girl wrote a letter to Zach's family stating "I'm sorry I didn't tell yo my real age, I want to be in trouble not you". Judge Wiley responded by ultimately saying this was "totally inappropriate behavior" and sentenced him. Does he deserve it? He's on the same list of child molesters and pedophiles. Experts say the problem with the sex offender registry is "one size fits all". High schoolers age ranges from around 14 to 17, if we were to really enforce this law you would have to lock up about half of our teenagers in high school.
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