Court Slaps Prosecutor Who Threatened Child-Porn Charges Over ‘Sexting’

[The Straight Story]

Court Slaps Prosecutor Who Threatened Child-Porn Charges Over ‘Sexting’


A Pennsylvania appellate court upheld a preliminary injunction on Wednesday barring local prosecutors from filing felony child-porn charges against a teenage girl who took a partially nude photo of herself with her cellphone.

The court said prosecutors were using the threat of charges as retaliation against the teen for exercising her constitutional right to refuse a voluntary reeducation program favored by the district attorney. The court also determined it was likely the girl and her parents will succeed in a civil rights lawsuit they’ve filed against the district attorney’s office.

Last year, District Attorney George P. Skumanick, Jr., threatened to charge three teenage girls with felony child-porn violations over digital photos they took of themselves.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit against Skumanick on behalf of the girls and their parents accusing Skumanick of violating the girls’ civil rights. The suit said they had a constitutionally protected right to appear in the pictures and that the threat to prosecute the minors was “unprecedented and stands anti-child-pornography laws on their head.”

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[LiberalFighter]

1. And why did the DA want them to participate in a voluntary reeducation program?

Could it be that it is a money maker for someone?

or

Could it be that some church is involved in reprogramming people?

[Lilith Velkor]

2. Could be both.

[wroberts189]

3. Yea ..sounds like that scene in "Capitalism a Love story" ...and the word "reeducation" ..creepy nt