Article: EDITORIAL: S.D. indecent exposure law needs update.(Editorial)

Jan. 6--A state senator plans to introduce legislation in the coming weeks that would change the way indecent exposure is defined by state law. Sandy Jerstad, a Democrat from Sioux Falls, has received a complaint from a constituent that a plumber exposed himself while working in the constituent's home. The man could not be charged, however, because it didn't happen in a public place. If the facts are as presented, and the man showed his genitals and not mistakenly another part of his body as he bent to make his repairs, we find this lewd, frightening and sad, all at the same time. And the way state law is written at present, according to Jerstad, there's really ...

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