The intersection of sex offenses and juvenile offenders

Thanks to TalkLeft’s post here, I see this interesting abc-news article about a young man who committed a sex offense when 13 years old now forced at age 18 to be placed on a sex-offender registry.  The article thoughtfully explores the challenging issues raised by the intersection of sex offenses and juvenile offenders. 

The case noted in the article presents another example — along with the recent California case noted here overturning a three-strikes sentence of 25-years-to-life for the “technical violation” of a sex offender failing to update his registration — of the extensive reach and impact of sex offender registration laws.  Also, the article perhaps implicates ideas I developed here in the wake of the Supreme Court’s juvenile death-penalty decision in Roper about whether the High Court’s statements in Roper about the “mitigating force of youth” should come to bear in some non-capital sentencing settings.