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MA - 12-14-Year-Old Boys Face Child Porn Charges

View the article here 02/27/2009 This time it's in Massachusetts (CNN, 2/16/09). The last time it was Pennsylvania. This time a boy took a phone photo of his partially clad 13-year-old girlfriend and texted it to his friends. Now he and they are up on charges of distributing child pornography. If convicted, they'll be labeled sex offenders, possibly for the rest of their lives. In the Pennsylvania case a few weeks back, it was the girl who texted her photo to the boys, but they were still charged. What the girl's involvement was in the MA case, if any, is not clear. Did she cooperate in what her boyfriend did or not? In a sane world, we'd know this for what it is - immature boys and girls being immature boys and girls. And we'd punish their behavior accordingly...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 27, 2009 (boomark / email).