Man Ordered to Wear "Sex-Offender" Shirt

from Reuters

A Delaware judge ordered a man who twice exposed himself to a 10-year-old girl at his workplace to wear a T-shirt with the words: "I am a registered sex offender" in bold letters.

Russell Teeter, 69, who pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent exposure, also was sentenced to 60 days in jail. The unusual T-shirt was requested as punishment because there was concerned about Teeter exposing himself to children at the gardening business he runs with his wife. Teeter has had at least 10 prior convictions dating back to 1976 for exposing himself to children and had been diagnosed as a compulsive exhibitionist.

Teeter, who has 30 days to appeal the sentence, will have to wear the T-shirt at work for 22 months after he gets out of jail.