Newsday.com (AP) : NJ girl may dodge jail for nude MySpace photos.
A 14-year old New Jersey girl arrested for posting nude pictures of herself on MySpace.com may avoid jail and sex offender laws, according to a prosecutor handling the case. She was arrested this week and charged with child pornography and distribution of child pornography for allegedly posting nearly 30 explicit pictures on the social networking site.
The charges carry penalties of up to 17 years in jail, and those convicted of distribution of child pornography can be required to register as a sex offender.
Seth Kreimer, a constitutional law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is working with the American Civil Liberties Union to stop a Pennsylvania prosecutor from charging three teenage girls who authorities say took racy cell-phone pictures that ended up on classmates' cell phones.
Besides Pennsylvania and New Jersey, prosecutors in Connecticut, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin have also tried to put a stop to kids sending nude photos to one another over cell phones and e-mail by charging the teens with child pornography.
