• Two Teens Charged Under New Law Regulating Sexting In Pennsylvania
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[quote]GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Two Greensburg Salem Middle School students are among the first to be charged under a new state law that regulates sexting among teens. “A 13-year-old girl took a photo; she was naked from the waist up, took a picture of herself and sent it to a 14-year-old boy at his request,” said Detective Sgt. Henry Fontana, of Greensburg Police. The boy deleted the photo and did not forward it to friends. It was the girl’s mother who later found the photo on her phone and called police. “Under the new law that just went into effect on Christmas Eve, that is a summary offense,” said Detective Sgt. Fontana. The new law creates a tiered system for adjudicating sexting cases that differentiates between those who make bad decisions and those who have bad intentions. Under the new law, minors over the age of 12 charged for the first time will get a summary citation. A second offense will result in a misdemeanor charge. Felony child pornography laws remain on the books and could still apply if the photos are distributed with malicious intent. Attorney Anthony Bompiani, who does not represent anyone involved in the Greensburg Salem case, says this is important for young people who may make a bad decision without realizing the potential consequences. “Now with the times and the technology and the way students interact between each other, they make mistakes, they make bad judgment calls, stupid calls; and instead of having a felony record, they’re going to have a summary offense, which is going to be like a traffic ticket – won’t be on the record, it won’t affect them later in life,” said Bompiani. The law also provides an important tool for police who previously had no alternative to a child pornography charge when dealing with less serious sexting cases. “It’s still wrong, it’s still against the law and the kids need to know that, but this makes it a little easier to cope with,” said Detective Sgt. Fontana.[/quote] Source: [url]http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/01/03/2-westmoreland-co-teens-charged-under-new-law-regulating-sexting/?hpt=ju_bn4[/url]
Sexting is such a fucking stupid word.
[QUOTE=Mitsudigi;39125914]Sexting is such a fucking stupid word.[/QUOTE] Well it accurately describes what is happening though. You're sending sexual content though a text message.
At least they aren't being immediately charged with felonies and forced to register as sex offenders.
I gotta say, this new law seems much more lenient than previous cases I've read about. At least they won't be fucked for life for it now. Ninja'd by my own opinion.
Man the law sounds okay but I really hope this boy didn't get charged. Sounds like he was at least partly responsible in the ordeal [quote] The boy deleted the photo and did not forward it to friends. It was the girl’s mother who later found the photo on her phone and called police.[/quote]
That mom sounds like a bitch. I'm glad to see that the laws changed, so the punishment actually fits the crime.
[QUOTE=its shortie;39126039]That mom sounds like a bitch. I'm glad to see that the laws changed, so the punishment actually fits the crime.[/QUOTE] Except it's not a crime?... Two kids were experimenting and wanted to see each other's bodies, (oh no 13 year old girl breasts shown willingly to a 14 year old boy whose probably already seen tons of porn, the horror) no one got hurt, and an overbearing mother gets two horny kids in trouble. Who's the victim in this exactly?
[QUOTE=Boxbot219;39125943]At least they aren't being immediately charged with felonies and forced to register as sex offenders.[/QUOTE]Wasn't there a news story of a class in first grade (I think) where some boys were playing tag with girls and they started touching each other's butts or something and then the parents found out and the boys had to register as sex offenders?
[QUOTE=Loriborn;39126071]Except it's not a crime?... Two kids were experimenting and wanted to see each other's bodies, (oh no 13 year old girl breasts shown willingly to a 14 year old boy whose probably already seen tons of porn, the horror) no one got hurt, and an overbearing mother gets two horny kids in trouble. Who's the victim in this exactly?[/QUOTE] Enabler!!!!
what kind of mother would call the police on her daughter for sending someone (who was under 18, less than three years of age difference, and could probably see her daughter naked with in person easily)? and what kind of person who sends nudes wouldn't delete the picture after sending it? that's really just asking for trouble. i'm glad that they won't get screwed for life with a felony charge, though it's kind of stupid to charge either of them at all when they would have been the only two to see the picture had her mother not gone through her photos (the mom had every right to do that, however).
That mother is fucking retarded for getting police involved. Waste of the courts' time, it's an embarrassment to both her and her daughter, not to mention the boy. And why couldn't she just sit her daughter down and discuss it rationally like a fucking normal parent? [editline]6th January 2013[/editline] Or even talking to the boy's parents about what happened Like, seriously, there's just no sense in this story and it's sending a bad message. Horny teenagers can't help themselves, and while this behavior should not be enabled, it certainly shouldn't be punished and condemned like this unless there's abuse involved, which in all likelihood there was not..
"The boy deleted the photo and did not forward it to friends. It was the girl’s mother who later found the photo on her phone and called police." what kind of fucking asshole calls the cops on their kid for something so stupidly trivial as this
I thought this was just "Sexting" from the title, not sending nudes to another person. This changes almost everything.
[QUOTE=Boxbot219;39125943]At least they aren't being immediately charged with felonies and forced to register as sex offenders.[/QUOTE] Oh so two young teens are looking at eachother naked? Throw them in prison. ...stupid fucking laws like this make me wana punch everything really hard.
Law enforcement shouldn't have anything to do with this situation in any way.
So much horrible shit happens in the world, but oh fucking no, a naked body. So tired of stuff like this.
[QUOTE=Loriborn;39126071]Except it's not a crime?... Two kids were experimenting and wanted to see each other's bodies, (oh no 13 year old girl breasts shown willingly to a 14 year old boy whose probably already seen tons of porn, the horror) no one got hurt, and an overbearing mother gets two horny kids in trouble. Who's the victim in this exactly?[/QUOTE] There's no victim in [I]this[/I] case, because the boy was smart (/mature) enough to delete the photo immediately. But there is very real danger of trauma in cases like this. The moment that picture gets in the hands of somebody less trustworthy, it might as well be game over for the sender; it only takes a day before everyone in the school district has seen what was originally an "experiment". [QUOTE=ultra_bright;39126263]Oh so two young teens are looking at eachother naked? Throw them in prison. ...stupid fucking laws like this make me wana punch everything really hard.[/QUOTE] The law arises from the very, very real risk that such a photo may reach a significantly wider audience than intended and lead to trauma for one or both parties. See: [url]http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29546030/ns/today-parenting_and_family/t/her-teen-committed-suicide-over-sexting/#.UOpN5m8818E[/url] (Just one example that I could find in a few seconds) What I [I]don't[/I] agree with is having the children in this case charged criminally. But to dismiss sexting as a harmless "experiment" is as stupid, if not stupider, than the charges.
The only "potential consequences" are one's these idiots are forcing on them.
I don't understand why the boy is considered criminally involved in this. If I ask someone for something, and they give it to me of their own free will, I'm the bad guy? If it's something that they are not supposed to give me, then isn't it on them to tell me no? And if they send something in a text, how the hell am I supposed to filter that out before it gets to me? Finally, how many cops got to look at 13yr old boobies that day?
[QUOTE=Beetle179;39126352]There's no victim in [I]this[/I] case, because the boy was smart (/mature) enough to delete the photo immediately. But there is very real danger of trauma in cases like this. The moment that picture gets in the hands of somebody less trustworthy, it might as well be game over for the sender; it only takes a day before everyone in the school district has seen what was originally an "experiment"..[/QUOTE] I think he means that it should not be treated as a crime, since there is no victim and no one is being harmed.
[QUOTE=Boxbot219;39125943]At least they aren't being immediately charged with felonies and forced to register as sex offenders.[/QUOTE] What, don't tell me this was happening to underage kids?
"Oh no! Teens showing each-other their bodies! IF WE LET THIS HAPPEN, THEY WON'T HAVE A FUTURE IN LIFE!"
[QUOTE=Period;39126455]"Oh no! Teens showing each-other their bodies! IF WE LET THIS HAPPEN, THEY WON'T HAVE A FUTURE IN LIFE!"[/QUOTE] This is the most fitting title a user has had on Facepunch I've seen to date.
[QUOTE=Splarg!;39126434]What, don't tell me this was happening to underage kids?[/QUOTE] I remember that whole playing doctor thing where they tried to convict a 6 year old as a sex offender. I'm not sure how that ended or if it even ended at all.
Pretty shoddy parenting to involve the police because of your daughter acting out sexually, even if (or especially because) you believe that it's inappropriate or self-destructive. This is the kind of thing you're supposed to [I]talk[/I] to your kid about. While I don't see anything completely offensive about young teens beginning to discover sexuality, I do think it's a bad idea to go sending pictures around and stuff like that, because there's a lot of potential for abuse and misuse that could come back to hurt somebody. If my daughter were up to those sorts of shenanigans, I wouldn't involve the fuzz, I'd just have that old, awkward [I]birds-and-bees[/I] talk, updated for contemporary measures. You know, like, "Use protection and don't put your jahoobies on permanent record, lil' pumpkin."
This is fucking retarded, What next? Charge kids with rape when they (consensually) have sex?
I think it's extremely stupid to punish the victim in these cases. The only reasonable ruleset I could think of would be something along the lines of forwarding sexual content should be illegal if under the age of majority. So if John sent a picture to Jill, and Jill sent it to bob, Jill should be charged with a misdemeanor and john would be safe from legal consequences and Jill would be fucked. [QUOTE=McCarthy;39126591]This is fucking retarded, What next? Charge kids with rape when they (consensually) have sex?[/QUOTE] They already do that, but only in the cases of a participant being age of majority - in which case, the adult would be charged.
Um guys the guy was involved. He was the guy asking for the nude pics in the first place.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;39126588]Pretty shoddy parenting to involve the police because of your daughter acting out sexually, even if (or especially because) you believe that it's inappropriate or self-destructive. This is the kind of thing you're supposed to [I]talk[/I] to your kid about. While I don't see anything completely offensive about young teens beginning to discover sexuality, I do think it's a bad idea to go sending pictures around and stuff like that, because there's a lot of potential for abuse and misuse that could come back to hurt somebody. If my daughter were up to those sorts of shenanigans, I wouldn't involve the fuzz, I'd just have that old, awkward [I]birds-and-bees[/I] talk, updated for contemporary measures. You know, like, "Use protection and don't put your jahoobies on permanent record, lil' pumpkin."[/QUOTE] [quote]jahoobies[/quote] well that's a first
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