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Which brings up the new and interesting use of child pornography laws: prosecuting children who take nude pictures of themselves. It's happened a number of times recently. Be it right or wrong to prosecute them, it's still completely bizarre. :-)

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There are some prosecutions of minors who have sex together. The law only makes the distinction (at least in Texas) that if one participant is a minor, the other participant must be with 3 years of age. An 11 year old and an 8 year old are not "the same" but meet the standard under the law.

You will still see occassionally prosecution of minors for "child molestation" when actually it is all statutory rape (the victim is UNABLE to legally give consent, regardless of the age of the perpetrator).