Posted on 03/31/2009 7:51:39 PM PDT by Seamus Mc Gillicuddy
Wyoming County District Attorney George Skumanick Jr. cannot charge three teenage girls who appeared in photographs seminude traded by classmates last year, a judge ruled Monday.
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Do you think the three girls should have felony charges brought against them for non-nude pictures?
Nice to see a little common sense displayed by a public official - even if it took the ACLU to make it happen.
Since when is NUDITY equal to PORNOGRAPHY? Porno has some sexual act as a requird component. Nudity is ART.
This DA is using a law designed to protect children to attack children. Another case of when you give the government a new power they will pervert and abuse it to the maximum extent possible.
Thank Godness. I thought this was ridiculous to charge these kids in the first place.
In this case, the nudity vs pornography question doesn’t apply. Two of the girls were wearing bras. Complete JBT behavior on the part of the DA.
Nifonged!
this was a slam dunk by a first year lawyer, the aclu is going after the attorney fee award in the loser pays provision of the civil rights statute. (actually it is a government aways pays provision so even if they LOST they would still get lawyer fees)
Such common sense is only notable due to its seeming rarity these days. These girls were foolish. If foolishness is to be made a crime heaven help us all.
They weren’t even nude. They were in their underwear. Dumb kids who needed to be grounded, not imprisoned.
Another corrupt prosecutor. Typical.
Nudity CAN BE art. Nakedness doesn't automatically make something artistic.
The only “BARF Alert” called for is if it is confirmed that the prosecutor will get away with this outrageous abuse of authority.
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