Re:In ‘sexting’ case, police want to photograph teen in sexu...
by 21echoes on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @01:25PM
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> Foster said the case began when the teen’s 15-year-old girlfriend sent photos of herself to the 17-year-old, who in turn sent her the video in question.
He possesses the photos of his girlfriend, and he manufactured the photos of himself.
Re:In ‘sexting’ case, police want to photograph teen in sexu...
by marvin on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @01:41PM
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It isn't certain that he is in possession of anything. Which yields another question: If you receive sexually explicit photos of an underage person on Snapchat, which deletes the photos immediately after you receive them, what child pornography laws did you violate? And could you be prosecuted for it, given that you had no idea what you were about to receive before you opened them?
The teen is facing two felony charges, for possession of child pornography and manufacturing child pornography
The only thing he's being charged with is manufacturing and possessing pictures of himself. These laws obviously exist to protect children from predators and in this case, the district attorney is saying that he is both the child and the predator. It's a preposterous (though not unprecedented) use of these laws.
It's quite clear the the mother doesn't approve of this relationship and she is using the law to clamp down on it. There may be something about the relationship that offends some people's sensibilities (ex: interclass or interracial dating) which is providing the DA cover to do this nonsense.