Court upholds ruling to require teen who traded naked selfies with girls his age to register as a sex offender
Colorado’s Supreme Court upheld a ruling last week that required a juvenile boy to register as a sex offender after sexting and trading erotic pictures with two girls roughly his age, a split decision that highlights states’ recent struggles with applying laws passed in a less tech-heavy age.
It began, according to the court’s decision, at a 2012 Future Farmers of America conference, where the 15-year-old met two girls, one 17 and the other 15. In the months that followed, both girls came to believe they were romantically involved with the boy.
Both girls testified that he texted them a photo of his erect penis and asked for a naked selfie in return. They eventually sent the photos after first resisting, the girls testified.
After a bench trial, the judge ruled that the conduct had amounted to sexual exploitation of a child and sentenced the boy to spend two years on probation as a juvenile sex offender and register as a sex offender for at least 20 years,
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Why would something like this require him to register for 20 years? Colorado has less registration requirements than that for many offenders. They aren’t disclosing his name because he’s a juvenile, but I’m sure his name will be disclosed on the registry. He did something that he shouldn’t have, but so did the girls. They got off scot free evidently. And just think until the police checked his phone, no one knew anything about this. So now, that it’s out we can all feel safer since he will be on the registry. This is a good example of the wrong kind of punishment for this type of idiocy and lack of judgment.
This demonization of perfectly normal teenage sexuality is sickening. America not only has a war against sex but children.
A perfectly normal kid’s life F^ked because some old farts make up some laws against something they would have done at that age if they had had access to the same technology at that age!
Pathetic!!
What about charging the two girls. They too sent naked pictures and received naked pictures of “children”,sexting and trading erotic pictures. Why was the boy only charged. What makes the girls any different?
What about the girls? is this a double standard? they admitted to sending naked photos back to him so why are they not required to register?
Notice the girls had sent their photos also but was not charged? 20 years to register…seriously?
Good thing at least that young man now has a SO designation to help him develop a more healthy sexuality (yeah right).
That designation will be especially harmful in his younger years not to mention for the rest of his life. I and probably everyone on here knows all to well the injustice they have served this kid. I hope he’s strong. Becuase if he isnt hes not gonna get very far. This is just sad. It was damn pictures. That’s all.