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*[https://www.yahoo.com/news/18-old-had-consensual-sex-141809274.html An 18-Year-Old Had Consensual Sex With a 16-Year-Old. He Went to Jail for 6 Years.]
::When Henry was 18, he had sex with a 16-year-old he met on a dating app who said they were 18 too. The 16-year-old's parents found out, summoned the cops, and Henry was charged with a sex offense. He took a plea: no jail time, and seven years on the sex offense registry.<br> (Lenore Skenazy, Reason, October 18, 2023) <!-- Added 19-2-23-->


*[http://nationalrsol.org/blog/2016/01/18/laws-treat-children-as-monsters-for-minor-sex-crimes-punishments-severe/ Laws treat children as monsters for minor sex crimes | Punishments severe]
*[https://jjie.org/2022/12/08/supported-by-lawmakers-opposed-by-reformers-youth-sex-offender-registries-have-a-long-history/ Supported by lawmakers, opposed by reformers, youth sex offender registries have a long history]
:: Imagine a 9-year-old branded a sex offender for life. Oh wait. In America, in 2016, you don’t have to imagine.( Lenore Skenazy - [[RSOL]], US, January 18, 2016)<!-- Added 1-19-16 -->  
::In Wisconsin, two 15-year-olds whose foster parent caught them having consensual sex were charged with felony sexual assault and put on the sex offender registry for at least 15 years.<br> (Tristram Korten, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, December 8, 2022  ) <!-- Added December 10, 2022 -->


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*[https://thecrimereport.org/2021/08/05/why-blanket-registration-of-youth-as-sex-offenders-is-bad-public-policy/ Why Blanket Registration of Youth as Sex Offenders is Bad Public Policy]
::We praise children for their curiosity. How else are they to learn to navigate the world? But sometimes a child’s curiosity leads to a lifetime of punishment and ostracism.<br> (Kristan N. Russell and Daniel Pollack, The Crime Report, US, August 5, 2021)<!-- Added 8-26-21 -->


*[http://nationalrsol.org/blog/2016/01/03/throwaway-children/#respond Throwaway Children]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/nyregion/rape-arrest-7-year-old-boy.html NY: A 7-Year-Old Was Accused of Rape. Is Arresting Him the Answer?]
::Attorney Catherine Carpenter serves on the board of [[CA RSOL]]. She spoke at RSOL's 2013 conference. Catherine has published a new paper dealing with the practice of putting our children on the [[sex offender registry]]. She states, “It is about the deeply flawed and inherently unjust practice of making children as young as ten register as sex offenders for life. It is a subject that fills me with anguish and anger.(January 18, 2016 - [[RSOL]], US, January 3, 2016)<!-- Added 1-4-16 --> Source: [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2709091 Throwaway Children: The Tragic Consequences of a False Narrative] (Catherine L. Carpenter, Southwestern Law School, December 29, 2015)
::At the forested edge of the Canadian border this spring, state police arrested a person from the hamlet of Brasher Falls, New York, population about 1,000. He was charged with rape.<br> (Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, US, June 3, 2021)<!-- Added 6-4-21 -->


*[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/09/colorado-s-sexting-nightmare.html Colorado’s Sexting Nightmare]
::Colorado teenagers might face child pornography charges for sending each other nude photos. Wherever smartphones and sex hormones coexist, there will be [[sexting]]. To stop it, you would have to confiscate every camera in the country, dismantle all cell towers, and shut down the Internet. (Samantha Allen, The Daily Beast, US, November 9, 2015)<!-- Added 11-10-15 -->
*[http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/07/us/colorado-sexting-scandal-canon-city/index.html Sexting scandal: Colorado high school faces felony investigation]
::Students at a Colorado high school exchanged hundreds of naked photos of themselves, prompting a felony investigation by police and the forfeiture of a football game because many players have been implicated in the [[sexting]] scandal, officials said. (Michael Martinez, CNN, US, November 9, 2015)<!-- Added 11-7-15 -->
*[http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_29069875/brattleboro-photographer-accused-producing-child-sex-abuse-images Brattleboro photographer accused of producing child sex abuse images] (ModelTeenz)
::According to documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Richard Emerich, who has lived on Western Avenue in Brattleboro since late 2014, took pictures of a sexual nature of underaged boys. (Robert Audette, the Berkshire Eagle, US, November 4, 2015)<!-- Added 11-7-15 -->
*[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sexting-investigation-leads-to-arrest-of-pennsylvania-middle-school-students/ Sexting investigation leads to arrest of Pa. middle school students]
::TREDYFFRIN Twp., Pa. -- Police say they have filed charges against three Philadelphia-area middle school students for allegedly distributing intimate photos of other students, according to CBS Philly. (CBS News, US,  November 3, 2015)<!-- Added 11-6-15 -->
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Latest revision as of 15:26, 19 October 2023

When Henry was 18, he had sex with a 16-year-old he met on a dating app who said they were 18 too. The 16-year-old's parents found out, summoned the cops, and Henry was charged with a sex offense. He took a plea: no jail time, and seven years on the sex offense registry.
(Lenore Skenazy, Reason, October 18, 2023)
In Wisconsin, two 15-year-olds whose foster parent caught them having consensual sex were charged with felony sexual assault and put on the sex offender registry for at least 15 years.
(Tristram Korten, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, December 8, 2022 )
We praise children for their curiosity. How else are they to learn to navigate the world? But sometimes a child’s curiosity leads to a lifetime of punishment and ostracism.
(Kristan N. Russell and Daniel Pollack, The Crime Report, US, August 5, 2021)
At the forested edge of the Canadian border this spring, state police arrested a person from the hamlet of Brasher Falls, New York, population about 1,000. He was charged with rape.
(Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, US, June 3, 2021)