House Supports Bill Subjecting Teen Sexters to 15 Years in Federal Prison

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31 points·robteix··10 comments

I accept that teens sending nude pics of themselves is unwise, but instead of destroying their lives for a foolish indiscretion, can we perhaps lock up the legislators who propose such draconian laws?

Wow, we truly live in crazy times. This country slides backward every day. I have done some truly stupid things when I was 18. But I was 18. It would have been awful to be locked up for 15 years for that.

I'm confused: would the teens accused of sending their own pictures be both the offender and the victim? Could they (or their parents) just choose to drop charges against themselves?

I don't think the creators of this bill care the slightest bit about the victims. They're just looking for a new way to lock up people they don't like.

Victims can't drop charges - that's up to the prosecutor. A victim can ask for charges to be dropped, and they can refuse to cooperate, but their consent isn't required to move forward with a prosecution.

Any legislator that goes against this insanity will be drawn and quartered for being "soft in child pornographers"

We're certainly at a level of crazy here.

Legislators who stand up to nonsense like this need to be supported for protecting children against an overreaching state.

The law is absurd in what it targets, but even if children were actually guilty of a crime (as opposed to just engaging in sexual behavior), they should be allowed to mature.

This is just another example of the GOP outlawing sex. Society won't accept their archaic social morals, so they shove it down our throats under other guises.

Yeah, the slippery slope is getting steeper.

USA: failed state

Please tell me tgat this has no chance in the Senate.

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