Charging Minors with Child Porn Options

[Comptine]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28679588/

There have been a lot of cases of police arresting and charging teenagers/minors with possession and distribution of child pornography because they've been sending racy pictures through their phones. Authorities argue these measures are done to send a message. They are protecting kids from further harming themselves by risking their pictures getting put on the internet. So a 14 year old girl who sends her boyfriend a naked picture of herself could get arrested and charged for distributing child porn.

However, once charged, these kids have to register as a sex offender, in some places for as long as ten years. Which means, that 14 year old girl will find it a lot harder to apply for jobs and college all because she sent a photo of herself to her boyfriend and got lumped into the same category as a child molester.

Thoughts?

[Uronacid]

Child porn should be taken extremely seriously. Doesn't matter who is viewing the material. By consciously taking pleasure in child pornography they are encouraging it's production. That ten years is insignificant to the ruined lives of the children being viewed in those movies or photos.

That said, there are cases where stupid 15 year old boys show those photos that their girlfriends sent them to the wrong people, get prosecuted, and end up in a shit storm. I say, this is why we have a justice system. Let the jury decide.

please don't be forceful about your opinions then, especially when the majority doesn't agree with you.

Doughnut, don't be an idiot. It's called freedom, not agreedom...