Friday, July 11, 2014

New York Mag: "Police Think Better of Forcing Teen to Get Erect for Evidence Photos in Sexting Case"

"Following a wave of justified outrage, Virginia police have said they "are not going to serve the search warrant" that authorized them to photograph the medically induced erection of a 17-year-old boy. He's currently facing two felony counts of possessing and manufacturing child pornography for allegedly exchanging sexual pictures and videos with his then-15-year-old girlfriend. The photos, prosecutors said, would be used for comparison."

"Manassas City Police said in a statement that it is not their policy "to authorize invasive search procedures of suspects in cases of this nature," but the boy's aunt claimed they never would have backed off without the widespread uproar against the insane legal strategy. "They would have gotten away with this," she told the Associated Press. "They were not going to back off." The teenager, however, still faces charges that could have him registered as a sex offender for life."



You got warrants?

15 comments:

Icepick said...

Wouldn't popping a boner constitute self-incrimination?

They wouldn't really need to get him to do this, at his age. Wait ten or fifteen minutes and he'll pop one regardless.

Icepick said...

Maybe the kid should keep this in mind in the future.

Unknown said...

AM penis cam. Problem solved.

Hobby Lobby was forced to provide abortion drugs by Nancy Pelosi and President Petulant. What's the big deal?

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

From the article you'd think there are countless news reporters combing through millions of criminal dockets, examining every single issued search warrant, just in case there's one out there where some media publicity should be leveraged to prevent an injustice.

One ought not try one's case in the media, as a general rule, but there are exceptions.

Props to the kid's lawyers.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

They have ways of making you talk…or whatever…

Unknown said...

(or)

Icepick said...

Evi, why am I thinking you've either just posted or are about to post a policewoman rule five post?

deborah said...

Ice:
"Wouldn't popping a boner constitute self-incrimination?"

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

I am not intending that Icepick, too much World Cup action this week!

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

They can't make him self incriminate.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

The police settled on a 'stakeout' as backup.

Rabel said...

Evi's next Rule 5 post - "Two Girls and One World Cup"

Amartel said...

The cops are re-thinking because of the publicity, not because they ever thought that creating and photographing child porn was a questionable police practice.

And in all fairness, wouldn't they have to do a line-up?
Craigslist ad: The police are looking for volunteers to receive a free hand job and photograph your gear in action-ready mode.

deborah said...

Not bad, Rabel, not bad at all.

William said...

Some ideas are so blatantly stupid that their originator deserves to be named. Whatever genius on the police force or in the DA's office who thought this up should be named and shamed.