Naked photos, e-mail get teens in trouble

CNN/AP ^ | 06/04/2008

[Erasmus]

Of course, one could just not use the camera! And even if you do, most phones have PC connections and software that allows you download or upload images, without any airtime involved.

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Brianna Moran, 15, who attends the same school as the girl in the La Crosse case, said she is not surprised by such behavior. "They probably think they're hot or something. If you look at people's MySpace, all the pictures are slutty," she said.

Like this young woman, most of the kids get it.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Under the law, they could all get life in prison without parole.

There is nothing to stop the prosecutor, except common sense.

Since the "War on Crime" started in the 1980's certain entities - with short-sighted and enthusiastic conservative support - have been trying to rewrite the entire legal code so that every American can potentially be charged with something (at a prosecutor's "discretion") and face that fate. It makes it easier to dispose of political troublemakers through the legal process should that become necessary. The Soviet Union did the same thing using 25-year sentences.

Critics are easily disposed of with "You're exaggerating!" or "If you aren't guilty, you don't have anything to worry about!" or "If it saves one child it's worth it!" "Atlas Shrugged" is becoming truer every day, and in this instance conservatives have no one to blame but ourselves. We have been too willing to excessively empower government rather than trusting the individual.

[dan1123]

Of course, one could just not use the camera! And even if you do, most phones have PC connections and software that allows you download or upload images, without any airtime involved.

The last "free" cell phone I had was purposefully crippled to not allow photos to be transferred off the phone except through the "media messaging" which was 25 cents a pop. The USB cables and software for other phones were $100, so I might as well just get a $100 phone that isn't crippled.

[east1234]

Kind of the reason for same age sex laws, some people would want kids punished for statutory rape for sleeping with another 14 year old. No I don’t think 14 year olds should be having sex, just don’t think it’s statutory rape.