A Pennsylvania appellate court upheld a preliminary injunction on Wednesday barring local prosecutors from filing felony child-porn charges against a teenage girl who took a partially nude photo of herself with her cellphone.
The court said prosecutors were using the threat of charges as retaliation against the teen for exercising her constitutional right to refuse a voluntary reeducation program favored by the district attorney. The court also determined it was likely the girl and her parents will succeed in a civil rights lawsuit they've filed against the district attorney's office.
Link: Wired
The ridiculous idea that a 16 year old is making child porn if they take a picture of themselves naked. If they remember what they look like naked have they committed a child porn thought crime?
Fortunately some parents have said that enough is enough and are taking this nonsense to the next legal level. I hope they are awarded millions in damages when this is all said and done. That will teach the government to stay out of the bedrooms of teenagers.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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