It is not necessary to
touch the child in order for him to be charged with a first degree misdemeanor....he exposed his genitals to a child under the age of 16...sometimes as young as 8 years old! It's really not hard to understand and I'm sure will be apparent to the people chosen for this jury as it is for most of us.
"But under Pennsylvania's child protection laws, what Sandusky admitted to in an interview with NBC's Bob Costas could fit the definition of indecent exposure. If children under 16 were involved, it could be a first-degree misdemeanor with a maximum punishment of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Indecent exposure fits under the definition of a child sex crime, according to Pennsylvania state law.
Title 18, Chapter 31 of the Pennsylvania state code defines indecent exposure as when a person exposes his or her genitals "in any place where there are present other persons under circumstances in which he or she knows or should know that this conduct is likely to offend, affront or alarm."
The law considers that exposure to be a second-degree misdemeanor. But the law also says:
"If the person knows or should have known that any of the persons present are less than 16 years of age," it's a first-degree misdemeanor.
Read more:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/11/15/130393/sandusky-claims-innocence-but.html#ixzz1f3JdroOg