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*[http://reason.com/blog/2016/09/13/romeo-and-juliet-and-sexting-17-year-old Romeo and Juliet and Sexting: 17-Year-Old Faces Child Porn, Assault Charges for Consensual Sex with Girlfriend]
*[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.]
::They said that all they were going to do was delete the photos from the phone, so I blindly signed a paper allowing them to access it.' "After being arrested, I was suicidal and hopeless," Austin Yabandith, a 17-year-old from Superior, Wisconsin, recalls. "As of right now, I am just hoping for the best and preparing for the worst."<br>(Robby Soave, Reason.com, US, Sep. 12, 2016)<!-- Added 8-15-16 -->  
::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-->  


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*[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]
::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 -->


*[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3758418/Britain-s-youngest-convicted-rapist-11-attacked-nine-year-old-sister-twice-forced-sign-sex-offenders-register.html Revealed: Britain's youngest convicted rapist, 11, attacked his nine-year-old sister twice and must now sign the sex offenders' register]
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::A boy believed to be Britain’s youngest ever convicted rapist abused his younger sister twice when he was just 11, a court heard today.<br>( Mark Duell, The Daily Mail, UK, Aug. 25, 2016)<!-- Added 8-25-16 -->  
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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://abcnews.go.com/US/calls-judges-removal-18-year-sexual-assault-defendant/story?id=41639807 Calls for Judge's Removal After 18-Year-Old Sexual Assault Defendant Given Probation]
*[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?]
::An online petition is calling for a judge in Massachusetts to be removed from the bench after sentencing an 18-year-old accused of sexually assaulting two classmates with two years of probation.<br>(EMILY SHAPIRO and KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News,  US, Aug. 25, 2016)<!-- Added 8-25-16 -->
::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.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/opinion/sunday/punishment-that-doesnt-fit-the-crime.html?_r=0 Punishment That Doesn’t Fit the Crime]
::When Matthew Grottalio was 10 years old, he and his older brother initiated a touching “game” with their 8-year-old sister. “None of us knew what we were doing,” he said, and he soon forgot about the episode.<br>(ERIC BERKOWITZ, The New York Times,  US, July 30, 2016)<!-- Added 8-1-16 -->
 
*[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/9/state-appeals-ruling-keeping-boy-off-sex-offender-/ State appeals ruling keeping boy off sex offender registry]
::LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska’s attorney general is appealing a federal judge’s decision to block the state from putting a 13-year-old boy who moved to Nebraska from Minnesota on its public list of sex offenders. <br>( Associated Press, Washington Times US, April 9, 2016)<!-- Added 4-12-16 -->
*[http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/new-teen-sexting-crime-falls-short-in-colorado-house_88337703_ New teen sexting crime falls short in Colorado House]
::DENVER - A proposal to ratchet back criminal penalties for teens exchanging nude images of themselves has failed in the state Legislature. (Marshall Zelinger,  -  Associated Press, April 6, 2016)<!-- Added 4-7-16 -->
 
*[http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/04/01/wayland-teen-arrested/82512004/ Teen charged with online sexual relationship with child]
::Troopers said the teen, who resides in the town of Wayland, allegedly formed a relationship with the child through social media channels. (Staff reporter - Democrat & Chronicle, US, April 1, 2016)<!-- Added 4-1-16 -->
 
*[http://www.kmtv.com/news/local-news/man-20-and-4-juveniles-accused-of-exchanging-child-pornography Man, 20, and 4 juveniles accused of exchanging child pornography]
::The Bellevue Police Department says the arrests are the result of an investigation beginning on October, 30, 2015, when investigators received a report of teens using cellphones to exchange [[sexually explicit|sexually explicit images]] of children. (Marjorie Sturgeon - KMTV News US, April 1, 2016)<!-- Added 4-1-16 -->
 
*[http://reason.com/blog/2016/03/30/should-cops-arrest-a-14-year-old-boy-on#comment_6020762 Should Cops Arrest a 14-Year-Old Boy on Child Porn Charges Because He Sexted?]
::Redding, Connecticut, cops arrested a 14-year-old boy and charged him with possession of child pornography, harassment, and obscenity. He must be quite the evil young man. (Robby Soave - Reason.com, US, March 30, 2016)<!-- Added 3-32-16 -->
 
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*[http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/03/17/teen-sexting-update-child-porn-laws/ Teen Sexting Prompts Efforts To Update Child-Porn Laws]
::Rampant teen sexting has left politicians and law enforcement authorities around the country struggling to find some kind of legal middle ground between prosecuting students for child porn and letting them off the hook.<br> ( Kristen Wyatt - The Associated Press, US, March 17, 2016)<!-- Added 3-17-16 -->


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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)
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