Legislation to jail teenage sexters

In what sounds like gross overkill and attention seeking, Oklahoma City Representative Anastasia Pittman is planning on introducing legislation to prosecute teenager sexting offenders. Cellular News reports.

Teenagers may think it's harmless, but sending sexually explicit pictures and messages over cell phones can lead to emotional problems and criminal charges that will affect them for the rest of their lives, criminal justice officials said.

Sexting alone just by itself will land a kid in jail," Rep. Anastasia Pittman, D-Oklahoma City, said. "They are not aware of the implications, the consequences. It's their future that we're trying to save."

Pittman said she hopes to craft a bill for the Legislature to consider next year that will clarify language in existing criminal statutes that could be used to prosecute teens who send or receive naughty images of themselves or others.

emily | 7:51 AM | |
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