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I was talking to my best friend tonight and he told me that when he was 16 his GF who is now his wife sent him a pic of her butt. I told him that under KY state law she was guilty of production, possession, and distribution of child pirnography, and since... /1
All 3 of those crimes are class D felonies she would have faced a maximum of 15 years in prison and would have to register as a sex offender for the remainder of her life if she were to have been caught. I then told him that he was guilty of possession and distribution... /2
Of child porn and would have faced a maximum of 10 years in prison and a lifetime of sex offender registration. They are both 28 years old now, have been together since they were 12 and are married and planning a family... /3
His wife is a CNA and he is a manager at Kroger. Imagine if they had both been charged for the felonies they had committed where they would both be right now. He didn& #39;t believe me. And he didn& #39;t believe they had committed a crime. He said there& #39;s no way the law would do... /3
That to two innocent teens. But they would. I still don& #39;t think he believes me about the punishment they both would have endured. And this is my best friend. He knows more about the registry than the average person because he hangs out with me... /4
And he still doesn& #39;t get how flawed and misguided public registries are. I get that people don& #39;t like child abusers. I am a dad. I don& #39;t like child abusers either but I believe if the general public knew how bad and counter productive public Shame registries are... /5
There may be more of a movement to get rid of them. Be well my friends. Bed time for me.
