ACLU Sues Penn Prosecutor For Empty Threat of Child Porn 590
TechDirt is reporting that the ACLU has stepped in on behalf of several teens facing the threat of child pornography charges in Pennsylvania for sharing nude pics of themselves. Unfortunately for a girl in New Jersey, she is facing much more than just a threat, as she was arrested yesterday for posting almost 30 explicit pictures of herself on MySpace for her boyfriend to see. "...the ACLU has sued the prosecutor on the girls' behalf, saying he shouldn't have threatened them with baseless charges — which haven't yet been filed — if they wouldn't agree to probation and a counseling program. The prosecutor says he was being 'proactive' in offering them a choice, but the ACLU says he shouldn't be using 'heavy artillery' to make the threats. As its attorney points out, teaching kids that this sort of behavior can bring all sorts of unwanted and unforeseen ramifications is a good idea, but threatening them with child-porn charges isn't the best way to do it."
Please ... (Score:5, Funny)
Pics or it didn't happen.
The Children? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Only today... (Score:5, Funny)
Only today can someone be sent to jail and put on a sex offender's registry for sexually abusing themselves
I'm glad they couldn't charge me when I was a kid for sexually abusing myself.......I did it quite often.
Re:The Children? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Children? (Score:5, Funny)
Boy are you in for a sad realization....
Re:Possession? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Children? (Score:5, Funny)
Please, won't somebody think for the children!
Good news! (Score:5, Funny)
Well, as you know, sex offenders are very likely to reoffend. Sex offenders who offend against children are extremely dangerous today. This prosecuror is doing his part to change that.
By making these girls sex offenders abusing themselves, well... soon they will be too old to reoffend! Thus drastically lowering the recidivism rate for sex offenders!
Don't you think it would be great if we could lower the number of sex offenders who reoffend later? Shit, measures like this could result in a 90% drop in reoffence rates!
-Steve
Re:Possession? (Score:1, Funny)
Might? I molest myself on a regular basis!
Re:Seriously, what is going on here?! (Score:5, Funny)
In the (paraphrased) words of Lewis Black...
"This issue is right up there with the question of, 'Are we eating too much garlic as a people?'."
Re:I encourage the /.'ers to RTFA (Score:3, Funny)
And not just this one, ANY article could contain image of 14y/o naked or partially/fully clothed! that's it from now on I'm not reading any articles, its the only way to be sure!
Re:Possession? (Score:3, Funny)
Or the reflexive criticism of the screamer of "groupthink", of which the parent is an example.
Or the reflexive criticism of the criticizer of the screamer of "groupthink", of which this comment is an example.
Or...
[stack overflow]
Re:Possession? (Score:4, Funny)
Dickhead Attorney
-1, Redundant
we need a chart (Score:5, Funny)
adult takes photos of a nude minor - illegal
nude adult takes photos of a nude minor - more illegal
adult takes photos of nude adult - sexy
minor takes photos of a nude minor - illegal
minor takes photos of nude self - illegal
nude minor takes photos of adult - ?
nude minor takes photos of nude adult - ?
parent takes photos of nude infant - generally legal
infant takes photos of nude parent - probably funny
stranger takes photos of nude infant - OK only if it's Ann Geddes
traffic camera, security camera, sporting event camera crew takes photos of nude minor streaking - ?
adult makes drawing of nude minor - probably from Japan
So we have a few spots that need clarification.
Re:The Children? (Score:1, Funny)
Teens have been having sex since time immemorial, it's built into us as a species and it's why we are all here. Parents have only been trying to stop it since the onslaught of religion. The parents will inevitably lose in the long run. The sex drive is second only the hunger drive so if the teen has a full stomach then what do you think the next priority is?
You're saying we should be starving our children? I like your thinking!
Re:The Children? (Score:5, Funny)
I've got some frostbite damage that agrees with him, sorry.
Re:The Children? (Score:3, Funny)
No, no, we find shelter when sex isn't available, you see. As for the rest of what's involved in keeping warm, sex pretty much handles that by itself.
Re:The Children? (Score:5, Funny)
You know, I spent a significant portion of my teen years trying to find women who were interested in sex before marriage. In retrospect, I think my energies would have been much better spent (in terms of the integral of happiness over my entire lifespan) if I had focused more on finding a woman who was interested in sex after marriage.
Actually, I'm probably wrong. I suspect that search is a variant of the halting problem, except with infinite input and an incomplete understanding of the "program" in question.
Re:The Children? (Score:5, Funny)
so if the teen has a full stomach then what do you think the next priority is
Linux?
Re:Please ... (Score:5, Funny)
http://imgur.com/12GEE.png [imgur.com]
Re:The Children? (Score:5, Funny)
Yup...and this may sound strange, but, if the kids are shown how to be careful, and use contraception, I say, Kids GO have as much sex as you can while you are young.
It is the most acceptable time for you to screw another teenager...while everything on them is pert, firm, tight and you have the stamina to go multiple times for hours.
It goes downhill, especially for men as you get older. You can't keep it up forever like you did as a teen...and older chicks? Well, face it...as we get older...gravity takes its toll and things start to sag and droop, and we all get fatter. And if you're older...and are caught screwing a teen, (assuming legal age), you still get looked down upon.
So, I say..DO it now!! Do it while you can. Enjoy it!! Just don't knock the girl up.
I don't know a single guy that is older, that ever has said to me..."yep, I screwed enough of them while I was young".