Because there are different degrees of sexual offenders and all should not be blanketed under the same label. Take for instances Genarlow Wilson, 17, and his friend who had consensual oral sex from a 15 year old girl in Georgia. It is a felony despite being consensual because she was 15. Wilson did not take the plea bargain to be labeled as a sex offender for the rest of his life, like his friend did, and decided to go to trial. He sat in jail for 2 years until it was later reversed.

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