What situations are most likely to merit review?
A. The classic example is of the “unwitting statutory rapist.” Attached to this FAQ is an article about an eighteen-year-old boy whose girlfriend was fifteen. When she got pregnant he tried to take responsibility by marrying her and raising their child together. That effort was met with prosecution. The boy was convicted of statutory rape. If he were to move to the District, he would be required to register for life and would be subject to the broadest possible notification. The fliers that would be distributed in his neighborhood would label him a violent child molester. He is precisely the type of person who should be able to go before a judge and say, “Not me.
