Viet-Justice

A 15 year old girl in Licking County, Ohio has been charged with felony child pornography. Her crime? Taking photos of herself. Yeah, you got it. Some idiot prosecutor seems to think it’s ok to charge this girl with a felony and make her register as a sex offender for 20 years. First of all this joker by the name of Kenneth Oswalt doesn’t know the difference between victim and perpetrator. If the girl is in child porn photos then she is the victim. Obviously Kenneth Oswalt is an anti-feminist who believes that victims should be charged. Why else would he be trying to hold women down if he weren’t anti-feminist? I think that McCain/Palin just found their new Attorney General.

The thing that really scares me about this asshole and his staff is that they have less common sense than even Sarah Palin.

Licking County Assistant Prosecutor Erin Welch said Monday the investigation into the incident remains open, including exploring whether charges will be filed against the minors who received the photos.

If the prosecutor’s office elects to bring those teens into court, they could be facing a different section of the same charge pending against the sender of the pictures and classification as sex offenders, as well.

According to Ohio law, 2907.323(A)(3) states anyone possessing material that shows a minor in a state of nudity is guilty of a fifth-degree felony. The violation also might qualify the juvenile as a Tier I sexual offender, which requires annual registration for a decade.

Whoa! Hang on a second! According to Erin Welch if you suddenly receive child porn via MMS or email your ass is going to jail. ADA Welch is also gunning for a job in the US AG office. This is PATRIOT ACT style bullshit if I’ve ever seen it. So let this be a lesson to everyone. If somebody takes pictures of child pornography and decides they want you to go to jail all they have to do is send you the pictures and you go away for a very long time.

The other crazy thing here is that she’s being charged as an adult taking pictures of a minor. The only problem here is that she’s the minor. Now if the court is going to acknowledge that she’s an adult under criminal code, then why is she being charged at all. At that point she’s an adult posing for pornography. Make up your fucking mind Mr. Oswalt.

The other person we can blame are State Rep. Hottinger (R-Newark) who wrote the state’s Megan’s Law bill, predecessor to the Adam Walsh Act. Hottinger admits that he didn’t consider the implications of minors taking pictures of themselves. He seems to think things are black or white and because of him, an innocent girl is going to jail, a group of teenaged boys who received the picture are going to jail, and the taxpayers of Ohio are going to have to foot the bill.

I’ll also take a moment to bash President Bush as well. He signed the Adam Walsh Act on July 27, 2006 which strong arms states into complying with silly regulations or losing 10% of a federal law enforcement grant. All 50 states should lose 100% of federal funding under the Adam Walsh Act and should have to figure out their own regulations.

There is so much government waste in this one story alone that you have to wonder how we aren’t 100% broke or serving 100 years in jail.

In case you want to write Mr. Oswalt and tell him what an asshat he is, the address is listed below.

Licking County Prosecutor’s Office
20 S. Second St, Newark, Ohio 43055
General Telephone number: (740) 670-5255
Fax 740-670-5241