Experts condemned the case as ludicrous. The boy was, however, punished by the courts, and had to agree to be subject to warrantless searches by law enforcement for a year, in addition to other penalties.
The young man was also named in the media and suffered a suspension as quarterback of his high school football team while the case was being resolved.
Cormega Copening, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was prosecuted as an adult under federal child pornography felony laws, for sexually exploiting a minor. The minor was himself.
Comment: How is it possible to sexually exploit yourself? We are truly living in an idiocracy.
"It's dysfunctional to be charged with possession of your own image," said Justin Patchin, a professor of criminal justice at the University of Wisconsin and co-founder of the research website cyberbullying.org.
Comment: The EU has a lot to sort out, the privilege of participation. Whether active or passive - humanitarianism must speak louder.
See also: Germany's solution to cut funds to put 'pressure' on EU states that reject refugee quotas