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New Law Allows More Adults Convicted of Sex with Minors to Escape Offender Registry [Updated] By Sandra G. Leon A bill was signed into law on Friday by Governor Gavin Newsom that could allow more adults convicted of engaging in sex acts with a child as young as 14 years old to escape being registered as a sex offender. Senate Bill 145 by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) allows judges to decide on a case-by-case basis if adults convicted of sodomy, oral copulation, or penetration of a minor between 14 and 17 years old with an object should be required to register as a sex offender and their information made available in the online databases available to the public. Currently, all cases of such crimes are required to be registered as sex offenders. Under the language of the bill, the offenders cannot be more than 10 years older than the minor to qualify for the judicial discretion. ....