I don't see a crime here, when both parties are in a relationship and both consent to the transaction.
I dunno. Maybe I'm naive or something.
I don't see a crime here, when both parties are in a relationship and both consent to the transaction.
I dunno. Maybe I'm naive or something.
The teen is facing two felony charges, for possession of child pornography and manufacturing child pornography
The only thing he's being charged with is manufacturing and possessing pictures of himself. These laws obviously exist to protect children from predators and in this case, the district attorney is saying that he is both the child and the predator. It's a preposterous (though not unprecedented) use of these laws.
It's quite clear the the mother doesn't approve of this relationship and she is using the law to clamp down on it. There may be something about the relationship that offends some people's sensibilities (ex: interclass or interracial dating) which is providing the DA cover to do this nonsense.
He possesses the photos of his girlfriend, and he manufactured the photos of himself.
No, your opinion falls under "common sense" and "healthy attitude towards sexuality" – two traits that quite a number of members of our species seem to lack.
EDIT: Not that I think either of them should be charged, just that if one is, they both should be.
I consider myself lucky, because at least she decided to call my parents first, rather than pressing charges right away.
You however would be in the minority if you were upset about the atrocious state of sex laws and their enforcement/sentencing (with mandatory sentencing provisions in most cases) so much so that you felt compelled to support the reform of sex laws and registry requirements (a subject that few would touch with a pole of any length). But you wouldn't be alone.
Even Patty Wetterling, board chair of the National Center for Exploited and Missing Children, has stated that "We've cast such a broad net that we're catching a lot of juveniles who did something stupid or different types of offenders who just screwed up.. They are very different from the man who took Jacob" referring to her son who was abducted as a young child.
Speaking of which: My Son, the Sex Offender: One Mother's Mission to Fight the Law (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/my-son-sex-offender-one-...)
Even if the two teenagers were sleeping together that wouldn't change most people's perspective of this case, it certainly wouldn't change mine.
Funny how that works.
Don't be silly, it's always the man's fault.
Either way, a crime has not been committed here, imo.