Criminal
Jan. 14, 2016
Sex offender statutes rife with pitfalls, experts say
The efficacy and reach of sex offender laws in the digital age is being impugned by legal experts after an 18-year-old girl was charged with distributing child pornography because she vengefully posted on Twitter sexually explicit photos her unfaithful 17-year-old boyfriend took with other girls.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The efficacy and reach of sex offender laws in the digital age is being impugned by legal experts after an 18-year-old girl was charged with distributing child pornography because she vengefully posted on Twitter sexually explicit photos her unfaithful 17-year-old boyfriend took with other girls.
The threat of sex offender status loomed for about a year as the case went through superior cou...
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