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Written by Denise Pellow
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Wednesday, 22 April 2009 11:46 |
According to Foxs News today, parents and the ACLU are now suing the Pennsylvania District Attorney over Sexting. The Pennsylvania DA, George Skumanick, gave the parents and their children a choice to either attend a sex education class or be charged with child pornography. He stated on Fox News today the charge for taking the pictures in itself is a crime as well as disseminating the pictures is also a crime.
His objective: Is to stop the activity. This activity can leads to other issues as they filed charges today against a person in Georgia who wanted to meet one of the kids involved in this sexting case. He stated if the parents wanted to see the pictures that were taken of their children, they could do so privately, and gave them a choice to have their children attend the class or be charged. He also stated that this option was a choice and he has the full right to prosecute under the current laws of child pornography and dissemination of child pornography.
Parents please note: cases of sexting are still turning up all over our country. Each state is dealing with these same charges and children under the age of 18 are being charged. Some states are entertaining a change in law which pertains to minors and sexting to make it a misdemeanor rather than a felony. These changes in law have not been passed and it is still very important to warn your kids about sexting via cell phone or posting to a social networking website and even further to not take risqué pictures in any form under any circumstances.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 April 2009 11:51 |
