Legal cases and consequences of sexting:

Example 1
Case: State vs. Alpert, Florida, 2008. 18-year-old Phillip Alpert sent nude photos of his 16-year-old girlfriend to over 70 people.
Consequence: Alpert was sentenced to 5-years probation. Alpert is now a registered sex offender until the age of 43.

Example 2:
Case: In March 2009, a 14-year-old girl from New Jersey was charged with possession and distribution of child pornography after uploading 30 pictures to her MySpace page for her boyfriend to see.
Consequence: She faced 17 years in prison and sex offender registration.
Instead, she was placed on 6-months probation and counseling in exchange for dismissal.

Example 3:
Case: 17-year-old boy from Wisconsin, posted nude photos that his 16-year-old girlfriend sent him.
Consequence: The boy was charged with child pornography and sexual exploitation of a child.

Example 4:
Case: It doesn’t get any worse than the outcome of this case –
Jessica Logan was an 18-year-old senior in Ohio. She sent nude pictures of herself to her boyfriend via her cell phone. After they broke up, he sent them to hundreds of students at several schools—The reason doesn’t matter. Nothing would justify his actions.
Consequence: Jessica was teased and taunted so badly that she became depressed and eventually killed herself.

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