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The court got it right in my opinion. Ngdawg also has a good point on the broadness of the sex offender laws. In some states a lewd and lacivious will require you to be on the sex offender registry. L&L is pretty broad and open to intrepretation. Public urination can as well (indecent exposure) in some states, but most men have committed this "offense" at some point in their lives (wouldn't be surprised if quite a few women haven't as well).
The funny thing is that the people who most deserve to be on the sex offender registry, the crimes that really victimize others sexually, aren't being given life without parole. I could see though in some cases where statutory rape shouldn't carry life (or even prison) in the case where the people who had sex are close in age, (I'm thinking 2 teens where the girls' parents catch them and insist on prosecution) and the state law isn't enlightened enough to have a Romeo & Juliet exception.
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