dis0wned

I live in rural pa, just heard today that a bunch of local school boys got busted for sexting. From what I heard there are 2 kids that were honor roll, football team, all around good kids. Apparently they were at a party drinking and some chic 16 yrs old pulled her shirt up and a picture was taken. This kid, 17 yrs old, sent it to a friend. The friend sent it to everyone in his address book, and the following week the school was contacted by the girls parents. The police were called, and the kids are now waiting to be tried.


It is sad, the laws are there to protect people, in this case there are 2 good kids, who basically did the right thing but made a stupid decision. Now they are going to be registered as sex offenders, they are no longer allowed to be within a certain range of the school, forget college, and also they are headed to juvi at the least.


What is everyone elses take on this, am I the only one that thinks this law is stupid when it is all minors involved. I totally understand that kids could be used to hide some pedo, but in many cases so far if just ruined a bunch of kids lives... its stupid to take someone who could be a productive member of society and doom them to a life being labled "sex offender"