When a fellow student cheats, would you not first give them a chance to turn themselves in? Kids do things impulsively, when they are under pressure.
This would of course preclude habitual offenders.
There is a difference between nude child photos and porn.
Sure .... unless they're likely to take the opportunity to get rid of the evidence against them, as likely with the child porn kid. And how likely are you to trust someone who you just found out is a cheater, or a pervert?
Kids do things impulsively, when they are under pressure.
Not if they have properly formed consciences, they don't.