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ACLU Wins, No Sexting Charges For NJ Teens
Following up on the "sexting" case we've discussed in recent days, oliphaunt sends word from the Times-Tribune that a New Jersey federal judge has ordered the prosecutor not to file charges in the cases of three teenage girls whose cell phones were confiscated. "Wyoming [NJ] County District Attorney George Skumanick Jr. cannot charge three teenage girls who appeared in photographs seminude traded by classmates last year, a judge ruled Monday. US District Judge James M. Munley granted a request by the American Civil Liberties Union to temporarily stop Mr. Skumanick from filing felony charges against the Tunkhannock Area School District students."
This is about girls, 'sex', and on slashdot.
Think about it.
TFA:
He also believed "no harm would come to (Mr. Skumanick) by delaying prosecution on this matter."
I have to say, I don't agree with the judge's assessment. With all the press coverage and a successful temporary injunction(?), I can't imagine this guy is looking forward to the campaign trail this year.
hey, this is slashdot. you're not supposed to read the article.
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
"Atheists and liberal judges make child porn legal." Brit Hume reporting.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
Don't you just hate when you wake up in the morning after a night of heavy drinking and find out that you've taken advantage of yourself again? I know it always makes ME want to press charges for committing sex crimes against myself! If it is that obvious that the teens didn't take the pictures themselves (i.e. the pictures didn't show them holding a camera) then why were they threatened with prosecution in the first place? If a 2 year old hands you a photo of themselves posing naked on a bear skin rug, should said 2 year be arrested for distribution of child porn and forced to register as a sex offender for the rest of their life?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Children are the future, unless we stop them now.
These teens are in PA, not NJ.
And thus regardless of the actual ruling we can by deduction state that there are no "sexting" charges for nj teens, and the article title is correct!
The enemies of Democracy are
Now that's fair. Bad Slashdot poster! No donut. At least, not until everyone else has gotten one and you have to pick from the rejects.
"media exposure" heh
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It would be nice if this guy were to be beat over the head with wrongful and malicious prosecutions.
Or a bat.
Oppressing an entire population is never cheap.
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I call Godwin!
*rolls d%*
Double Zero! A rift in space-time opens and Godwin steps out. "What do you want? I'm a busy man. This had better not be about Nazis."
Your inability to properly spell "bra" should be exhibit #1 when you try to renew your geek card.
Does goatse count?
!#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
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Neither is the submitter or the editors, apparently.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
Hey, that was a compliment!
Hey! He was only one letter off!
That's closer to a bra than the average /.'er gets!!
Leave his geek card alone...it's wrapped in a braw, dammit!
Down With Slashdot BETA!!! I've been around the corner and seen the oliphant; you can only abuse me from your perspecti
As a funny aside, in Massacheussets, there is an attempt to amend child pornography laws to also include disabled persons and persons over 60 years old.
If that one gets passed, I really want to watch hearings on its Constitutionality, especially if it gets to the Supreme Court. I want to see how the justices will respond to being told that consent is irrelevent for folks over 60 years old, given that Roberts is 54, Alito is 58, and everyone else on the court is over 60.
Finally, a law SO blatantly Unconstitutional that the Supreme Court would have to declare themselves legally incompetent NOT to strike it down.....
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