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**A 15 year-old American girl has been charged with child pornography offences after posting pictures of herself online.
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The teenager has been charged with the possession and distribution of child pornography as well as the sexual abuse of children.**
Words fucking fail.
If a mod would fix that coding I would be very grateful.
That is what comes of tying when really, really mad and apalled.
I think I know the answer, but I’ll ask the question anyway.
Why exactly does this make you so angry?
Are you mad because of what she did, or because you don’t think she should have been charged with anything?
Personally, I don’t think the charge of sexual abuse of child is pretty stupid, but I don’t see a problem with charging her with distributing child pornography.
What is more likely:
The “forced” some “unwanted” pics of herself on a load of innocent, angel-faced 12-year-old boys?
Some sleazy shits, most probably Studabaker-types in their 30s/40s/50s, won her confidence, probably lied about their ages to her, encouraged and groomed her to take those pics in the first place?
How the fuck does proscuting the VICTIM of fucking child abuse help catch murdering, raping, child-molesting, PAEDOPHILES?
Rats! Please disregard that first “don’t”.
It should read: Personally, I think the charge of sexual abuse of child is pretty stupid, but I don’t see a problem with charging her with distributing child pornography.
I’m having a little trouble with this myself.
She is by law a child. Therefore naked/sexual pictures of her are child pornography… I’m understand this so far.
She took them herself and posted them on the internet/sent them to people from chat rooms.
That’s distribution of child pornography alright, and she is a child, i.e. of a protected class that child pornography laws were enacted to protect.
I’m hoping they are charging her with these things in order to learn why she’s doing this since it seems more of a cry for help than a 15 year old trying to get a jump start a lucrative porn career. (Italicized for the sarcasm impared)
If on the other hand they are doing this to make an example of her and hope this prevents other 15 year old from doing the same thing then I think it’s a sad day for the american justice system.
I’d certainly like to know if her parents are being charged with anything… unfortunately simply being an inattentive/bad parent isn’t in and of itself illegal.
Seems like you’re reading an awful lot into 8 1/2 column lines.
These are my logical questions/feelings on the matter. WTF is going on here?
Sam
Not to suggest anything about myself, but if this case holds, I’m probably going to be in deep shit. 
Sounds pretty over the top to me. As if an overzealous DA wanted to prosecute any scum-sucking middle-aged male prevert he could find, regardless of the sicko’s age and/or gender.
This, of course, based on a small article that lacks any sort of detail.
I guess I should turn myself in for what I did when I was 16. :eek:
Well, I hate to be a spoilsport, but waiting for some actual facts couldn’t hurt.
It seems the later the story, the greater the charges against her. More information? More charges by prosecutor? More rumors?
The child sexual abuse charges came after they noticed she was touching herself in some of the photos, obviously.
That’s logical, isn’t it?
What’s a Studebaker-type?
From the PA statutes:
There does not appear to be a loophole allowing minors to possess naked pictures of themselves, thus the minor in question can legitimately be charged with sexual abuse of a child.
Man, I really hope it turns out this girl did this all of her own free will. If for no oher reason than to metaphorically shove this shit directly down your throat.
This is BS. The child porn charges are fucking insane. She, even though a child, did this of her own free will. Isn’t the whole argument against kiddy porn is that it harms the childern because they are forced into it? Fuck, charge her with being a dumbass, but the child porn charges are will just ruin her life.
Um… now this is just weird.
How does one charge someone with sexually abusing themselves? This is just surreal, here.
True, she could be charged with possession of kiddie porn… and it sure SOUNDS like kiddie porn, based on what I’m hearing, here… and she was, sho’nuff, disseminating it across the internet…
…although I’m a bit slow to go berserk, here. I dunno about HER state, but anyone who got hit with that in Texas would basically be screwed until age eighteen… at which point, she would be released from whatever detention she was in, and her records would be sealed.
Of course, three years of jail for posting nekkid pictures of yourself on the internet seems a bit harsh to hammer a fifteen-year-old for. I’d be more interested in nailing the pervos who (I suspect) incited her to do so. Perhaps this is why they’re slammin’ the charges down: to get her to spill what she knows. If this led to some kind of porn ring, I’d happily put the screws to her until she decided to bargain.
If it was some sort of silly innocent thing with no over-eighteen pervos involved, though, I’d say this is insane.
Who took the pictures, anyway? Or was this webcam stuff?
And I flatly would not find her guilty of abusing a child. Nope. Sorry. Not even goin’ there.