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A 15-year-old girl was arrested for child pornography and child sexual abuse for posting pictures of herself online. Would it be statutory rape if she touched herself? Or would that fall under Romeo and Juliet laws?
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You got to be fucking kidding.… That’s just about the most stupid thing I’ve ever heard.
I only think aspects of it are stupid. Well, two out of three.
She was charged with “sexual abuse of children, possession of child pornography and dissemination of child pornography”.
Dissemination is exactly what she was doing. Any venue that releases child porn into the public needs to be stopped, and whomever is committing the acts should be in some way punished. She was meeting the demand for people to look at naked young children.
However, I don’t get the other charges of abuse and possession. Unless there is much that is being withheld. Jail also seems a bit much, though a year or so of community service couldn’t hurt.
I agree that dissemination is a valid charge.
Did you notice that the original article from USA today (not Boing Boing) was dated 2004?
I made a quick (carefully worded) google search and couldn’t find a follow up, although there have been a number of blog comments lately. One source (a comment on a blog) indicated that she ended up not being arrested, but I couldn’t confirm that anywhere else.