18-Year-Old Faces Possible 70 Years in Federal Prison for Snapchat Sexting Crime
"I'm not saying my kid should get nothing," says Eric Beyer Jr.'s mother. "But to take an 18-year-old kid and put him in jail for longer than he's been alive?"
"I'm not saying my kid should get nothing," says Eric Beyer Jr.'s mother. "But to take an 18-year-old kid and put him in jail for longer than he's been alive?"
That result "may strike some as unfair," the court says, but it's what state law required at the time.
Alice sends nude picture to her ex, Bob. Bob's new girlfriend (or maybe would-be girlfriend) Carol gets it and posts it online. Carol wouldn't be guilty under the state revenge porn statute, the court rules.
A finding of guilt would be an attack on the autonomy and self-ownership of all young people
It's been dubbed "NYC's Anti-Airdrop Dick Pic Law," but the bill is much broader than that.
The House Criminal Justice Committee just voted unanimously in favor of a bill to ban sexting by anyone under age 19.
"A felony that carries a minimum five-year sentence."
Victim's parents don't want charges, say the couple is in love.
Families should never consent to have school resource officers search kids' phones.
An arrest is worse than a humiliating sext.
From cops to Congress, overreactions to teen sexting have reached new heights in 2017.
A detective who was later charged with molesting children performed the humiliating search while investigating consensual sexting.
Snapchat and Facebook exchanges with a 15-year-old have Wisconsin officer Basil O'Kimosh facing life in prison.
FISA reauthorization would majorly expand use of warrantless digital surveillance data against Americans.
The bill is being pitched as a way to help teens avoid harsh child-porn laws.
The Washington Supreme Court's ruling implies that adolescents who engage in consensual sexting are child pornographers.
Marion County Attorney Ed Bull promises not to prosecute a teenager who took pictures of herself in her underwear.
The bill was requested by the Department of Justice after federal prosecutors bungled a child exploitation case.
"I think they wanted to scare him straight. Instead, they scared him to death."
When her parents found out she had sexted, they were horrified. When they saw the actual pictures, they were confused.
In the Wall Street Journal, the ex-Playboy model blames online-porn for Anthony Weiner's texting troubles & kids propelled "warp-speed into the dark side."
Rather than create new misdemeanors, states should take a page from statutory rape laws.
Investigation occupied the Redding, Connecticut, police department for three months.
Lighter penalties are apt to encourage prosecution for behavior that shouldn't be a crime.
It's possible to discourage inappropriate behavior without ruining lives.
School administrators say she should have password-protected the phone.
'I cannot support an amendment that weakens protections for teenagers from predatory activity.'
The voluntary exchange of pictures by teenagers should not be treated as a crime at all.
The kid, 15, could be placed on the sex offender registry.
Laws that deny young people ownership of their bodies should be abolished.
State police show notable restraint, seeing the incident as an occasion for education rather than prosecution.
The cop was the sexual predator, not the teen.
Twenty other students were suspended for receiving the video on their cellphones.
Teenagers who swap nude photos of themselves should not be branded as sex offenders.
Teen loses cell phone privileges, constitutional rights.
But can adults be prosecuted for consensual sexting? Maybe.