Rethinking Sex Offender Laws for Youths Showing Off Online - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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In Iowa, Jorge Canal is on the sex offenders registry because, at age 18, he was convicted of distributing obscene materials to a minor after he sent a picture of his penis by cellphone to a 14-year-old female friend who had requested it.
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he sent a photograph of his nude 16-year-old girlfriend by e-mail to dozens of people, including her parents
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In most states, teenagers who send or receive sexually explicit photographs by cellphone or computer — known as “sexting” — have risked felony child pornography charges and being listed on a sex offender registry for decades to come.
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