He wasn’t put on trial.
He actually confessed while on the stand at his pedophile roommate’s trial, like in an old detective novel.
Now he will be put on trial, and the person who put him in that position is himself.
Well you leave out the fact that he thought that since it was legal for him to have sex with his girlfriend it would also be legal to take photos as long as she consented. It is not that far of a leap. So he had no idea that he had committed a serious crime under child pornography laws.
Apparently the photos were on his roommates computer and when asked about it his lawyer told him to take the 5th and stupid is as stupid does.
Well, if they put him on trial, and it comes out that his girl friend was 5 hours short of being 18, I am going to let him go. I don’t care if he confessed. He had either no or very poor legal representation. I will not ruin his life over that. So there.