Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Felony charges for teen nude-photo sharer
A 15-year-old girl in Ohio has been arrested and charged for "taking nude cell phone photos of herself and sending them to high school classmates," Foxnews.com reports. "On Monday, she entered denials to juvenile charges of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material and possession of criminal tools. A spokeswoman for the Ohio attorney general's office says an adult convicted of the child pornography charge would have to register as a sexual offender, but a judge would have flexibility on the matter with a convicted juvenile." A prosecutor told Fox News that authorities are also considering charging students who received the photos. The girl spent the weekend in jail, the Arizona Republic reports. [Thanks to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children for pointing out this story.]
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This is just a form of disempowerment, denial of control over one's self-image. Misguided or not, there is nothing criminal in that act. Here in Portugal, 18 is the age in which one obtains full majority; even so, that bears no relevant consequence.
ReplyDeleteThis kind of abuse is an overstepping of the State's role and shows how out of touch with reality the formal social structures are...