child pornography is illegal and immoral. just plain sick. just because the person viewing the porn is a minor, they are still supporting the sickos making the child porn.
not sure if my comment is relevant due to the fact that the link is greylisted at the moment.
Once the link clears..it turns out she had nude pictures of herself on her phone and sent them to people...which while stupid, shouldn't be chargeable..and if it is, the parents should be charged for raising a dumbass.
i by no means support child porn like 10,11,12 yearolds but at 15 or 16? give me a break im more worried about my kids shooting themselves with herion or blowing their paycheck up their noses than sending some pictures of their tits to their 16 yearold boy friend.
Overkill from an overzealous prosecutor. The kid is a foster child and I'm sure this hysteria will go away when a sane judge gets to it.
Now if they can prove an 18 year old at her school talked her into it....
A 15-year-old Ohio girl was arrested on felony child pornography charges for allegedly sending nude cell phone pictures of herself to classmates. Authorities are considering charging some of the students who received the photos as well.
The unnamed student from Licking Valley High School in Newark, Ohio was arrested Friday after school officials discovered the materials and notified police. She spent the weekend in juvenile detention and entered a plea of "deny" on Monday, according to The NewarkAdvocate.com.
Charges include illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material and possession of criminal tools. If convicted, the girl could be forced to register as a sexual offender for 20 years, but because of her age, the judge hearing the case has some flexibility in the matter, an official told the Advocate.
The pictures came to light after a Licking County prosecutor began visiting high schools to educate students on the consequences of transmitting nude photos by cell phone. According to one student interviewed by 10TV News, the teens were warned they could serve 20 years if convicted.
A student later notified an adult of the nude cell phone pictures, and the adult in turn contacted school officials. School officials had pulled the girl aside and warned her about the behavior immediately after the presentation, according to a separate article by the Advocate.
This isn't the first case in which zealous American prosecutors have used child pornography statutes to protect vulnerable juveniles from themselves. In 2004, a 16-year-old girl and her 17-year-old boyfriend took pictures of themselves while naked and engaged in unspecified "sexual behavior." They didn't show the pictures to anyone, but they did send them to the boy's email address.
Eventually each was charged with producing, directing, or promoting a photograph featuring the sexual conduct of a child. The boy was also charged with an extra count of possession of child pornography. As CNET News reported here, the girl's conviction was upheld last year on appeal.
Licking County prosecutors say they have received some 20 cases involving questionable cell phone pictures. They say investigators are trying to determine how many juveniles received nude photos of the girl and have left open the possibility that others will be charged in the incident.
The girl, who is a foster child, remains under house arrest. She is not allowed to have access to a cell phone or the internet except for school purposes and then only with adult supervision.
What bullshit, don't they have anything better to do - like catch real crims?
I actually lol'd heartily at "Licking Valley" ...
Terrorizing young people isn't what I spent tax dollars on these laws for.
I think I'd have loved it if a girlfriend of mine did the same
shit when I was 15!
It doesn't seems as bad as real child pornography,
pedofile stuff of 10 years old children, forced or what but
If I can understand that you whant to begin sex when you are 15,
it's just stupid to take pics of you and more to get catch sending it!
First because it's illégal
Second because I'm sure such a young girl is not aware of the consequences
of thousands people on the internet and in her own town having pics of
her ass, tits, pussy...
And third because pedophile are looking every day threw the internet
for such stupid girl to show their stuff!
