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Thanks. Glad to see that isn't part of the issue. But, why is she getting off so much easier than him? Not that the whole thing isn't ridiculous.
That just makes it even nuttier. I hope it is a lesson for no parent to allow police access to their child's cell phone without a warrant.
It is outrageous, it ought to fall under the victimless crime category and instead they are determined to mark a young man foe the rest of his life. This kind of stuff is what is behind the notion of prosecutor discretion, any one with a bit sense would agree that it cruel and unusual punishment to destroy a young man's life for sending a nude picture of his teenage genitalia to another teen, who was sending him pictures of hers.
The old "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" routine, 21st century style. Most teenagers/kids have done that...this story is ridiculous!
What "other incident" was there that allowed Police to look at his phone in the first place?
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I want to know if the police had a search warrant to search the phone and what the scope of the warrant was.
I think there is more to the story that is not being told. I just don't understand the phone thing and the other investigation that is going on. Doesn't seem to add up to this without some other missing details.
I want to know if the police had a search warrant to search the phone and what the scope of the warrant was.
Get ready to freak out because I saw this case brought up on one of the News channels this week and lawyers trying to explain how this happened.
The young man was cooperating with local police on another incident much more serious and he allowed the police to go through his phone were they found the nude photos of him & his girlfriend!
No search warrant was needed and they were both charged! This is beyond insane! She took a plea so she won't have a record but he will!
This is very strange. The girlfriend was allowed to take a plea deal...the terms of that deal are not disclosed. He is apparently not able to take a plea deal? Hard to tell, the article is not very informative. He has his picture and name released while the girlfriend's name and picture are withheld. They are both 16 or over but under 18 yet they are being treated very differently. She is almost being treated like a victim here. Maybe there is more to this story than is being reported? Tough to know what to think without reading another source, but in general I agree that criminal charges are inappropriate in teen sexting cases, especially if jail time and lifetime registry requirements are involved.
The dirtbag prosecutors should be ashamed of themselves.
That is the truth. Seems here they are being treated as if they need to be protected as a "minor", but charged as an "adult". At the very least, the age of consent for sexting should not be HIGHER than for actual sex. If you can have sex at 16, you should be able to sext at 16 as well. I'm not saying it's smart. How could someone that stupid be a prosecutor?
I'm a parent of children that are and have recently been the ages of the kids in this story. My wife and I have made it partway through the harrowing high school years of our kids without any sexting bumps in that road, so far. And I certainly would not want my kids sending naked photos of themselves.
But... the acts of local prosecutors related in this story are just insane.
My adult children are in their 30s now and never had a blip like this but I'm right there with you.
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