09-24-2015, 03:49 PM
There's a lot more to the story than this.
First: yes they did the swap of photo's when they were 16 (and legal age of consent in NC).
Second: The cops were investigating the High School because of nudes being shared.
Third: Neither student was a linked in any way to the group that was sharing.
Fourth: There was no search warrant issued to search Copening's phone, where they found the pic of his GF Brianna and his own selfie.
Fifth: Brianna was charged with making and possessing a nude of herself.
Sixth: Copening was charge with 5 counts of sexual exploitation. 2 for each photo of himself (making and possessing) and 1 for possessing the photo of his gf.
To wrap it all up, this whole thing is absurd. Saddest part is that they are both were responsible enough not to share the nude pics with others and apparently are going to get punished for it as if they did share. Not only all of that, I'm at odds as to how you can be charged for this considering that they are both victim and criminal in their own respective cases.
Recent studies suggest that 24% of all high school teens share naked pics of themselves with their gf/bf. Not only that, but we've been sharing pics for years, back in the day, you'd take picks with a polaroid and keep them or draw a naked pic of yourself in a love note. I think the laws need to be updated because they weren't made with the technology in mind that we have today.
First: yes they did the swap of photo's when they were 16 (and legal age of consent in NC).
Second: The cops were investigating the High School because of nudes being shared.
Third: Neither student was a linked in any way to the group that was sharing.
Fourth: There was no search warrant issued to search Copening's phone, where they found the pic of his GF Brianna and his own selfie.
Fifth: Brianna was charged with making and possessing a nude of herself.
Sixth: Copening was charge with 5 counts of sexual exploitation. 2 for each photo of himself (making and possessing) and 1 for possessing the photo of his gf.
To wrap it all up, this whole thing is absurd. Saddest part is that they are both were responsible enough not to share the nude pics with others and apparently are going to get punished for it as if they did share. Not only all of that, I'm at odds as to how you can be charged for this considering that they are both victim and criminal in their own respective cases.
Recent studies suggest that 24% of all high school teens share naked pics of themselves with their gf/bf. Not only that, but we've been sharing pics for years, back in the day, you'd take picks with a polaroid and keep them or draw a naked pic of yourself in a love note. I think the laws need to be updated because they weren't made with the technology in mind that we have today.
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