You took pictures of your own underage body. You're under arrest for child porn.

[The_Real_Crunk]

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[Tintenfisch]

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"Once it's on a cell phone, that cell phone can be put on the Internet where everyone in the world can get access to that juvenile picture. You don't realize what you are doing until it's already done."


The whole damn cellphone!? Plastic and all!?

[Fushigi na Renamon]

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Yes, taking naked photos of yourself is a stupid idea, and sending them to other people is even more stupid, but getting arrested for it is the most stupid. Yeah, they messed up, but did they really do it for distribution on the internet or for money? No, it doesn't seem like it. Geeze...

[Duel]

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Too much roast beef, bleeeeeh.

[DK]

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What's the problem, aren't non-minors who distribute pictures of nude underage people also arrested?

I mean, yes it is silly and kinda goes without saying that this shouldn't really happen but fair is fair~~~~~

[Deeth Irteen]

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Sooooo, they took the photos of themselves, then waited a few years? Or is it called "child" pronography because their under the "right to vote" age of 18?

Also, if they just printed the photos and placed them in their rooms, is it still considered child pornography?

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

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what right does the school have to rifle through the phones to begin with? i can see the school taking the phone and punishing the student for using it during school hours but to go through the private data - to even look at pictures is just wrong. the school is overstepping its authority to enforce a rule.

yet i must focus on the main issue at hand which is the charges. i dont see how you can charge minors with manufacturing and possession when everyone in the case is still a minor. we know they are too young to understand the deeper ramifications, so why the hell are you charging them? educate them, impress upon them the seriousness of this practice - dont put them through the court nonsense.

id like to see this strange new practice stopped. pornographic pictures taken of young girls has so often come back to bite people in the ass later on. i dont want any daughter i might have thinking she has to fit in by distributing her body just to attract boys and popularity. education and prevention are the tools needed in this game - not court dates and jail time.

[Jamos]

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Sooooo, they took the photos of themselves, then waited a few years? Or is it called "child" pronography because their under the "right to vote" age of 18?

Did you even read the article, Nerdie?

Anyway, this whole situation is silly. I think we had a similar thread before about a different incident. The way I thought about it before still stands. It was increadibly stupid of them to do that and they should be punished... by the school system. Arresting the poor girls for that is kind of dumb. But hey, what do I know? Underage students having nude underage pictures of themselves then sending them to other underage people. I find it sick, but come on.

[John Mora]

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We already had a topic about this.

[Deeth Irteen]

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[QUOTE=Karr Lord of Chaos;461679]
we know they are too young to understand the deeper ramifications, so why the hell are you charging them? [QUOTE]

This way the police get to arrest 5 year olds for trying to steal candy form their parents' own stores

[Magik]

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Sooooo, they took the photos of themselves, then waited a few years? Or is it called "child" pronography because their under the "right to vote" age of 18?

Also, if they just printed the photos and placed them in their rooms, is it still considered child pornography?

In the U.S. the age of 18 marks legal adulthood. It's not just the "right to vote age"--it's the age when you become culpable for your actions as a free-thinking adult and are therefore able to be punished to the full extent of the law for crimes committed.

Pornography includes depiction of erotic or sexual material with the intent to cause physical excitement or emotional arousal in the viewer. If children (legally speaking, thus those under the age of 18) are depicted, it becomes child pornography. It has nothing to do with who is holding it or where it is hung (here you could segue an art v. pornography debate in some cases, but that's what the judicial system is for, to interpret the laws).

Now, I think it's not in the spirit of the law to charge these teenagers with producing/possessing child pornography, but it certainly follows the letter.

yet i must focus on the main issue at hand which is the charges. i dont see how you can charge minors with manufacturing and possession when everyone in the case is still a minor. we know they are too young to understand the deeper ramifications, so why the hell are you charging them? educate them, impress upon them the seriousness of this practice - dont put them through the court nonsense.

The problem becomes precedent. If you exercise clemency or even leniency in a case like this, you create a precedent that could be used to weasel actual offenders out of their malicious crimes. My father investigates cases of child molestation, abuse, and child pornography, which gives me a limited access into the legal/political aspect of these very complicated problems. Unfortunately, there are many "child" offenders (those under 18) in the world of child pornography and molestation. If these teenagers are given a pass, a good lawyer could get a similar pass for a 16 year old consumer of child pornography or even a 17 year old child molester. Sure, these children should be charged as minors and often are not (which is a separate issue), but they need to be charged nonetheless.

[Vonwert]

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That cop sounds creepy.

[Magus]

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topic

[Eso Teric]

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Frankly, I'm not impressed. I'm a misanthrope for a reason... ...and this? This is child's play.

All jokes aside, this is nothing compared to the unthinkingly retarded things humanity and our societies press upon us.

Too busy looking at child porn to comment further.

[marcus]

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glad to know my tax dollars keep filthy pedos off the street!