New law means adolescents caught sharing explicit photos with each other will no longer risk charges, prison sentences and a damaging criminal record
'hmm... could have national implications for laws on child abuse images.
Okay, let see what happens in the near future'
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‘You can’t punish them for the rest of their lifetime with a charge of child pornography … if they’re consensually sending photos back and forth,’ a New Mexico state senator said.
Governor Susana Martinez, a Republican, signed into law a proposal that allows people aged 14 to 18 to engage in consensual sexting, which means adolescents caught sharing explicit photos with each other will no longer risk facing “child pornography” charges, prison sentences and a damaging criminal record.
“Kids will be kids, and they’re going to make mistakes,” said state senator George Muñoz, a Democrat who authored the legislation exempting sexting from child exploitation laws. “You can’t punish them for the rest of their lifetime with a charge of child pornography … if they’re consensually sending photos back and forth.”
Courtesy theguardian
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