http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/53e20d44-fbf6-11de-9716-001cc4c002e0.html
Iowa is trying to pass a law to stop the sending of explicit images through a phone known as sexting. Teenagers tend to forget the consequences and just get up in the moment of sending images like that to the ones they like or want. Under the state's current laws, a teenager engaged in sexting could face an aggravated misdemeanor or a felony charge typically meant for child pornography cases. The proposal would give prosecutors the option of charging teenagers with a simple misdemeanor if they disseminated sexually explicit material to another teen. Many teens can even be put on the sex offenders list if they were to be caught with pictures of underage teens on their phones. A boy who was 17 at the time, was sent many naked pictures from his girlfriend who was a year younger than him. When he was 18 and she was 17, they had an argument and around 3 in the morning he woke up and sent those naked pictures of her to everyone she knew, friends, family, parents, grandparents, over 70 contacts saw them. The boy was arrested and put on the sex offenders list. He has to get counseling as if he was the owner and viewer of child pornography, he can't get a job, can't live with his parents because they live next to a school. His life was ruined by the push of a button.
Iowa is trying to pass a law to stop the sending of explicit images through a phone known as sexting. Teenagers tend to forget the consequences and just get up in the moment of sending images like that to the ones they like or want. Under the state's current laws, a teenager engaged in sexting could face an aggravated misdemeanor or a felony charge typically meant for child pornography cases. The proposal would give prosecutors the option of charging teenagers with a simple misdemeanor if they disseminated sexually explicit material to another teen. Many teens can even be put on the sex offenders list if they were to be caught with pictures of underage teens on their phones. A boy who was 17 at the time, was sent many naked pictures from his girlfriend who was a year younger than him. When he was 18 and she was 17, they had an argument and around 3 in the morning he woke up and sent those naked pictures of her to everyone she knew, friends, family, parents, grandparents, over 70 contacts saw them. The boy was arrested and put on the sex offenders list. He has to get counseling as if he was the owner and viewer of child pornography, he can't get a job, can't live with his parents because they live next to a school. His life was ruined by the push of a button.
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