Criminal Law News

Today’s technology has given us some of the greatest invention of our time.  We have advanced more as a society in the past 20 years than we have the previous 2,ooo years.  With all of this new found technology it has brought some new problems that we have never had to think about or deal with before.  The Internet, cell phones and digital cameras provide us with instantaneous information, communication and documentation.  It has also brought along with it, a new breed of issues that many people don’t yet realize.

“Sexting” is fast becoming a teenager’s mode of communication.  “Sexting” is when you text sexual content or pictures to another person.  It may seem fun and innocent at the time but in the digital age, once it’s out there, it’s there to stay.  It may be embarrassing if you’re a 16 year old boy how gets caught with pictures of your 16 year old girlfriend’s “exotic” pictures on your phone but, it may be a criminal charge for someone else.  If you’re 18, and a 16 year old sends you a naked picture of themselves, you could be convicted of a crime.  If you forward that picture to a friend of yours in another state, you could be committing a Federal Crime.

Technology has made things easier and faster.  You can call someone from anywhere at anytime and you can commit a sex crime from your living room couch with no one else in the room.  You need to be smart about the way you use technology.  The wrong picture could be used to embarrass you one day or even put you in jail.  So use your camera phones wisely and if you’re friends don’t, be sure to delete their mistakes for them.

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