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Ohio Legislator Wants To Criminalize Kids Taking Nude Pics Of Themselves
The uproar over “sexting” — kids taking nude pictures of themselves and sending them with their cameraphones — is in full swing, with lots of politicians looking to wring some publicity out of it. In our earlier post about the Pennsylvania prosecutor who threatened to bring child-porn charges against some kids for taking their own pictures, Steve L left a comment noting that a politician in Ohio plans to introduce legislation that would make sexting a misdemeanor offense. He says he wants to criminalize the activity to protect kids from the “extra burden” of being charged with felony sex offenses. It’s bizarre, though, as he says that teen sexters “did something stupid, but I don’t think anyone wants for them to be called sex offenders,” and “I think what these teens need is education about how this type of behavior could affect their lives.” So the way to educate them is to make them criminals?

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