Illinois Adds New Juvenile Sexting Law

December 28, 2010

As part of a host of new Illinois laws going into effect on 1/1/11, the state will have a new statute aimed at juveniles who “sext”.

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South Carolina Moves Toward Sexting Laws Reform

December 23, 2010

State Senators in South Carolina are working on legislation to prevent teens from facing felony sex offense charges for “sexting”, or sending a sexually explicit photo via a telecommunications device.

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Ohio Prosecutor Says Sexting Laws Don’t Need Reform

December 1, 2010

In a statement that would seem over the top to most civil libertarians and criminal justice watchers, one Ohio prosecutor says that they should have the ability to charge teens with felony sex offenses as leverage to get them to complete diversion programs. That idea gives the state far too much power to threaten enforcement [...]

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Texas Sexting Laws Reform Proposed

November 24, 2010

The Rebublican Texas Attorney General and a Democratic State Senator are proposing long overdue reforms to Texas Sexting Laws.

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Ohio Man Gets 25 Years as Registered Sex Offender for Receiving Photos

November 17, 2010

A man in Ohio pleaded guilty to illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, for receiving nude photos and video from his then underage girlfriend. He was sentenced to probation, but also faces the next 25 years of his life as a registered sex offender.

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Exploitive vs. Foolish Sexting

September 16, 2010

As we have noted on this blog countless times, “sexting” between consenting teens is a completely different situation than an adult exploitative “sexting” a teen. One is just an example of normal adolescent behavior, and the other is predatory.

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Sexting Laws Overview in the WSJ

September 9, 2010

There is a nice overview of the rapidly evolving state efforts to reform sexting laws over at the Wall Street Journal. Eleven states have already enacted laws to reform actions that constitute “sexting”, and as least 12 states have introduced measures to the state legislatures.

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When Sex Offender Laws Backfire

July 27, 2010

There’s a line between controlling offenders that the public are frightened of and restricting them so much it actually backfires—requiring them to dodge the law in order to make it. That’s essentially what has happened in the Miami-Dade case of the Julia Tuttle Causeway bridge.

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Article on Government Approaches to Sexting Laws Reform

July 14, 2010

Nice and thorough article over at Ars Technica about the different approaches state governments are taking to reforming sexting laws, and making important distinctions between charges of child pornography.

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Sexting Reform Legislation Updates

May 6, 2010

Lots of movement in the state legislatures across the nation to reform and update sexting laws, including Louisiana, Indiana, and Connecticut. While Connecticut and Indiana are making positive improvements, the goal of the Louisiana law appears to still emphasize punishment of teens.

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