Now, this young man faces the prospect of having a criminal record and his mother is having to scrape together every single dime she can find, $4,000 already, just to defend him from these outrageous charges. The law lacks the nuance it deserves and ultimately criminalizes common youth misbehavior between peers. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. If a 17 year old, even if they are in high school together, does the very same thing, with a 16 year old, they can be charged with with child pornography. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. (KSLA) Of course race has everything to do with Levar Allen being charged with these trumped. In Louisiana, the law states that anyone under the age of 17 found to be sexting any person of any age can be charged with a misdemeanor. Chasity Washington maintains that a 16-year-old teenager sent her son sexually explicit videos first. It doesn't matter what your race, what your religion, what your ethnicity, don't do child pornography! Plain and simple.'Įxcept a 16-year-old and 17-year-old in the same school consensually sending each other sexual videos of themselves isn't child pornography. Bill Davis, who is also white, seemed offended and told KSLA-TV, 'I have nothing to say about that. When pressed on whether or not race played a role, Lt.
