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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."
You're right, my fault, I'm an idiot. I posted this in 30 seconds this morning based on a link in my RSS feed, and I got some details wrong. I'd edit the story if I could.
But the upshot of the post is still correct- the ACLU won a court order against the prosecutor, preventing him from filing charges. This is still a win.
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
OK, maybe I'm not an idiot, but my post was certainly careless. And I really do wish i could edit it now.
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.