Fifteen year old girl takes naked picutre of herself, sends it to a few friends, gets charged with distributing child pornography:
NEWARK — A 15-year-old girl is accused of distributing nude photos of herself to other minors, and one state legislator is questioning whether she should be labeled a sex offender.
The Licking Valley High School student was arrested Friday after school officials discovered the materials and brought in the school’s resource officer for a police investigation.
After spending the weekend incarcerated, she pleaded deny Monday to both charges: illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, a second-degree felony; and possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony.
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If the girl charged Monday is classified as a sexual offender, Brindisi said as a juvenile in this instance she would not be subject to publication on the public Web sites maintained by the Licking County Sheriff’s Office or the state but would have to register for 20 years as the law states.
Now if someone can tell me how a stupid teenage stunt is enough to get someone potentially classified as a sex offender — which essentially ruins her life for the next 20 years if it happens — I’d really appreciate it.
This one sounds like dumb laws and overreaching to me
H/T: Hit & Run
