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"Ohio judge sentences 2 teens for sexting"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this local article reporting the latest sexting sentencing news.  Here are the particulars: Two Ohio teenagers caught sending or possessing nude photos on their cell phones have been ordered to surrender their phones, perform 100 hours of community service and receive counseling.   A Warren County Juvenile Court judge on Monday also sentenced one of the teens ? a 15-year-old boy ? to 30 days of house arrest.  The other teen, a 15-year-old girl, must write a paper detailing the dangers of "sexting." I discovered that the local county prosecutor involved in this case issued this press release yesterday concerning these sentences.  Here are sections of the release, which provides more legal background and a notable quote: The two Mason teens charged with sending and possessing nude photos on their cell phones, an act known as ?sexting,? were sentenced today in Warren County Juvenile Court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).