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J.D. Tuccille

Why Is Texas Requiring a Guy Who Stole a Car To Register as a Sex Offender?

In 2014, Rohn M. Weatherly stole a neighbor's car, in the back seat of which was the owner's 4-year-old daughter. Weatherly returned the child within a few hours, but his act was dangerous, illegal, and worthy of punishment.

What it wasn't was a sex crime, yet Weatherly will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison. That's a requirement that wasn't specified at the time he pled guilty but was tacked on after the fact.

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