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"Teen Nabbed For N*ked MySpace Photos"

A 16-year-old girl took n*de pictures of herself.  She used interstate wires to transmit the photographs to her boyfriend, who was 17.  This was a crime, though she is not being prosecuted. Her boyfriend is being prosecuted for posting the pictures on MySpace.  I have no sympathy for the boyfriend, since it seems he was given an informal deal consisting of:  "If you take these pictures down, we won't prosecute you."  He turned down the offer, and now sits in jail.    Of course, isn't the government really just prosecuting him for loutish behavior?  After all, his girlfriend is the one who manufactured and transmitted the child p*rn*graphy to him. Is child p*rn is such a bad thing, why isn't she also being prosecuted?continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).