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ACLU Wins, No Sexting Charges For NJ Teens

Posted by kdawson on from the know-it-when-i-see-it dept.

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."

9 of 406 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Why is the header in red? by BlackSnake112 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is about girls, 'sex', and on slashdot.

    Think about it.

  2. If Fox News reported this by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Atheists and liberal judges make child porn legal." Brit Hume reporting.

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    Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
    1. Re:If Fox News reported this by Pichu0102 · · Score: 4, Funny

      You can't spell retard without r and d!

      *ducks*

  3. Re:Reasoning? by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

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    I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  4. Re:Children are the enemy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Children are the future, unless we stop them now.

  5. Re:It's a battle and not the war.. by Mix+Master+Nixon · · Score: 4, Funny

    It would be nice if this guy were to be beat over the head with wrongful and malicious prosecutions.

    Or a bat.

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    Oppressing an entire population is never cheap.
    --Jeckler (/. Beta IS GARBAGE!)
  6. Re:Let's clarify something... by Culture20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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."

  7. Re:It's a battle and not the war.. by Ripit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your inability to properly spell "bra" should be exhibit #1 when you try to renew your geek card.

  8. Re:It's a battle and not the war.. by Genda · · Score: 5, Funny

    Building a web site ------------- $ 50
    Dealing with the police ------ $ 280
    Courts and Lawyers --------- $9845
    Discussing your ball sack in a courtroom... Priceless!!!