Florida teen, Phillip Alpert, was arrested for child pornography and had to register as a sex offender.  This incident occurred after Phillip tried to get the attention of his ex-girlfriend.  He was angry he couldn’t get a hold of her and in his rage he sent explicit picture of her that she gave him to all of his friends, to get her attention,

I believe the punishment in this case, is a little server.  There is a difference between a grow man having and sending child pornography and a child having pictures of another child.  That is a natural part of life, young people have been exploring there sexuality from a long time now and it will continue.  The times have changed, now we have technology that can record and send anything.  With that being said, that still doesn’t make what Phillip did right, but now the young man is going to be labeled for life as a sex offender and he was a child himself at the time.

People being labeled as sex offenders is a great way for parents to know if there is a child predator in their area.  The court systems does need to be careful not to hand the title with little regard.  This is not the first case, in fact their are many cases, of teens being labeled as sex offenders for having sexual activity with a consenting teenage partner.

References

1. MTV.com