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Teen faces child porn charges for sending pals her own sex tape
 Having taken all leave of their senses...[NYPOST] A Maryland court will decide whether a teen girl can be prosecuted on child porn charges after she allegedly sent pals a video of herself performing oral sex, according to reports. That makes sense. Not a lot of sense, but sense. Of a sort. Kinda. The 16-year-old girl ‐ identified in court papers only as S.K. ‐ was charged with distributing child pornography, filming a minor engaging in sexual conduct and displaying an obscene item to a minor after she shared the footage in October 2016 with two classmates, according to court documents. In Pennsylvania, a person four or more years older than a minor (defined as sixteen years old or younger) who has sex with her/him commits a felony. There doesn't appear to be any such good sense escape clause in the Maryland law, designed by the same sort of people in favor of Common Sense™ gun control measure. She was convicted in juvenile court and placed on probation ‐ but her lawyers argue that a statute intended to protect minors shouldn’t be used to punish them, and have appealed her conviction in the state Court of Appeals, which will rule on the case later this year, Reason reported. Since it's juvenile court, where records are sealed when the girl achieves majority, and it involves nothing but probation, it's a not shit case anyway and somebody with more money than judgment is trying to prove a point. I can see the point, but more appropriate punishment would involve a parental slap across the face and washing the child's mouth out with soap. In the case, the teen girl texted the 1-minute video of herself with a "presumably-adult male" in a bid to impress another 16-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy, court papers said. I'm sure we've all met lotsa people who'll be impressed by a video of a teen girl eating a baloney. I'm guessing she couldn't impress them with her vocabulary and her achievements to date. I'm guessing she's not Honor Society material. "The three then-friends, who regularly exchanged ’silly’ videos and attempted to ’outdo’ one another, trusted each other keep these group messages private," her lawyers said. Well, of course. Teenagers can always be trusted with a person's reputation. The group, however, had a "falling out" two months later and her two friends turned the video over to the school resource officer. Rather than washing their mouths out with soap, the school resource officer called the cops, because school resource officers are noted for their tact and discretion. The teen previously appealed the ruling in a lower court, which upheld the decision, ruling that self-filmed child pornography isn’t exempt from the law. Procrustes has the Vacancy sign lit up at his motel. "The state has an indisputable interest in protecting minors from exploitation ’as subjects in pornographic material’ ... whether at the hands of others or by their own conduct," wrote Court of Special Appeals Chief Judge Matthew Fader, according to the Washington Post. This is one of those delightful cases where everyone concerned, probably including any innocent bystanders and the family dog, did all the wrong things. Our society is rotting, and this is the odor. Prosecutors have argued that they’re not "trying to prove a point" in pursuing the case, "just trying to help" the teen because she needs "guidance" and "rehabilitation," according to the newspaper. That should have been her parents. I'll bet they're ever so proud of her liking for tube steak. Posted by: Fred 2019-06-01 |
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