I wish they would not report that he plead guilty.  He did technically, but not substantially.  The dude was offered a deal, i.e. face horrible felony level crimes in court with many years jail penalty or "plead guilty" to lesser crimes and or face no jail penalty.   Regardless of guilt, wise people take the deal because modern juries virtually always side with the prosecutor.  Now this dude has to register as a sex offender for life and this will prevent him from getting jobs and in general be a drag on society.  Considering that he was a stupid juvenile when the "crimes" were committed,  the consequence is flawed and we as a society pay for its stupidity.  The dude will be a drag on everyone's income for life since, being unable to get a job he will either become a bum collecting on the street corner or make a living off of crime since he has no other recourse.  It would be different if a violent crime was involved, but it wasn't.  Crazy country.  No sense of perspective.