Teenagers taking sexy pictures of themselves prosecuted for child porn

[APF]

Combine unsupervised teenagers, digital cameras and e-mail, and, given sufficient time, you'll end up with risque photographs on a computer somewhere.

There's a problem with that: Technically, those images constitute child pornography. That's what 16-year-old Amber and 17-year-old Jeremy, her boyfriend, both residents of the Tallahassee, Fla., area, learned firsthand. (Court documents include only their initials, A.H. and J.G.W., so we're using these pseudonyms to make this story a little easier to read.)

On March 25, 2004, Amber and Jeremy took digital photos of themselves naked and engaged in unspecified "sexual behavior." The two sent the photos from a computer at Amber's house to Jeremy's personal e-mail address. Neither teen showed the photographs to anyone else.

Court records don't say exactly what happened next--perhaps the parents wanted to end the relationship and raised the alarm--but somehow Florida police learned about the photos.

Amber and Jeremy were arrested. Each was charged with producing, directing or promoting a photograph featuring the sexual conduct of a child. Based on the contents of his e-mail account, Jeremy was charged with an extra count of possession of child pornography.

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In other words, under Florida law, Amber and Jeremy would be legally permitted to engage in carnal relations, but they're criminals if they document it.

Watch out, kids

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[Bloodwake]

Wow.

Well, considering I know quite a lot of people that take pictures of themselves naked (or did at the time) during High School, if this law was more widely enforced, half the country would be in prison.

[Saint Cornelius]

Total bullshit.

[Himu]

Wow this is fucking stupid.

[Tauntaun]

This is the best I've got from my HS days.  This was taken on a youth group camping trip.  Hehehe.  I'll spoiler it so people at work won't be grossed out/shutting their monitors off.   

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[APF]

Uh ok


Child porn laws are there to protect the children-victims.  But no one is being victimized into producing this stuff against their will (ironically, they're being victimized by the strict interpretation of the law).  Totall BS; Tauntaun should be taking that dump on the authorities in this case.

[Tauntaun]

Uh ok


Child porn laws are there to protect the children-victims.  But no one is being victimized into producing this stuff against their will (ironically, they're being victimized by the strict interpretation of the law).  Totall BS; Tauntaun should be taking that dump on the authorities in this case.

I am metaphorically.