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,
Discover more from Florida Action Committee (FAC)
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
I thought Colorado was a state that was coming to its senses. Didn’t a couple of high courts there rule that the registry was “punitive”? And the legislature has made all forms of pot there perfectly legal?
The judge that made that ruling was likely a woman–who should be tarred and feathered and leave town on a rail!
You’re thinking of Judge Matsch who said it was punitive. He is now deceased. As for the Colorado Supreme Court, there are only 2 women who sit on it. https://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Supreme_Court/Justices.cfm
I have lived here all my life and don’t see much progress as far as the justice system. It is just as archaic as most other states, even though the legislators and governor like to think of themselves as Progressive. Our last governor, who is now running for president actually vetoed a law that would have prevented anyone with conflicts of interest being able to sit on the board. Claimed it was “overbroad”. I think about Hick everytime I hear that someone fails the polygraph test and has to shell out another $250 to retake it. If the polygraph is so valuable, why would anyone be allowed to retake it and yet those I know who failed have passed on subsequent tries. Much of this can be attributed to the person administering the test. It’s a regular racket in my opinion. Here’s the scoop about it – https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/contact7/colorado-governor-vetoes-bill-that-banned-conflicts-of-interest-on-sex-offender-management-board
If the boy had a good lawyer and parents that cared he would have said that he identifies as a woman but his parents have not allowed him to have reassignment surgery. As a minor, he (she) was not able to get the surgery. That way he (she) would be innocent, just like the other girls. According to a study by Nielson online (the same Nielson ratings TV people) 20% of all children have either sent a nude picture of themselves or received a naked picture of a classmate before his/her 18th birthday. The law is interesting on this since nude pictures of children taken by their parents seem to be exempt by the Sally Mann exception. Now perhaps the nude pictures of the girls were simply nude pictures and were not deemed erotic. The boy’s picture was of an erect penis. The girls did, however, accept the picture. This would then be a crime by the standard that convicted the boy. Since the phones are likely owned by the parents, they can also be charged.
This young man has his life destroyed before he even started!!
If there is the deepest part of hell I hope most of these People who destroy people life playing politics or riding their childrens’ death for fame and/or forture.
Hope is not good enough. You are going to have to do something to realize your wish. Do you want to end your days hoping for justice and a better world without seeing it become true?
You must act to realize your hope. Organize all parents of kids on the registry to boycott all Florida products, all US companies, all countries with registries.
That is only part of the answer. You can think of other actions.
the lunacy and Hypocrisy knows no end and never will unless you force it!.. The courts dont even pretend to not be prejudiced and gender biased. No effort at all to disguise the courts blatant discrimination and disrespect for justice.
Solely because he is a (male) he must be guilty of s crime and be a sexual predator and publicly registered and humiliated till death…
Even though
A: he is a minor
B: one of the young lady’s is even older then him
C: all three of them traded explicit photos.
D: everything was concensual and agreed to by all partys!
Since when do we allow as a free people for such absurdity ?
If all three were female I wonder how the court would decide which child’s life to destroy or would the judge just masturbate to the evidence in private chambers and dismiss the lunacy of prosecution ?
Stand up and take back what is ours , it is only stolen if you fight for it to be returned..if you roll over and submit to tyranny then it is given.
Your points & argument are strong defense for the young man!
This entire country becomes more and more absurd day by day. next thing you know kids will get busted for child porn for looking at themselves in the mirror.
I wonder if the girls were ever charged with their part in the crime. Not that anybody should have been, but odds are only the male was charged, despite one of the females being older than the male. Not to sound sexist, but it seems there are trends stick only one gender in the offender role.
they never are.its always the males fault for everything no matter where the blame really lays