Saturday, March 28, 2009

Girl,14, faces child porn charges for posting nude pictures of HERSELF on MySpace

By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 1:54 PM on 27th March 2009

A 14-year-old girl will go before a court on child pornography charges after she put nude pictures of herself online.

The teenager, who has not been identified, allegedly posted 30 indecent images on social networking site MySpace.

After being arrested, she reportedly claimed to have posted the pictures for her boyfriend's pleasure.

Teen Girl Using Computer

The teenager, who has not been identified, allegedly posted 30 indecent images on social networking site MySpace

The images could be viewed by anyone registered as a friend on the site and also seen by people who knew her name.

American police swooped after a tip off from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

They spent a month investigating the case before charging the girl, who has not been identified but is from New Jersey, with two counts of possessing and distributing child pornography.

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Maureen Kanka, left, who campaigned for parents to know the identity of sex offenders after her daughter Megan (right) was murdered has attacked the decision to prosecute the teenager on child pornography charges

If convicted, she will have to register as a sex offender under Megan's Law, which gives parents the right to know the identity of sex offenders in their area.

The decision to prosecute her was attacked by the mother of the girl whose death inspired the legislation.

Maureen Kanka, whose daughter Megan was raped and murdered by a neighbour when she was seven, said that prosecutors are harming children more than helping them.

Courtesy of Mail Online

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