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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Sexting" could mean big penalties for minors under Ohio law, so lawmaker wants to change it. |
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By Karen Kasler - March 24, 2009 |
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A lawmaker from southwest Ohio wants teenagers to think before they send nude pictures over their cell phones. State representative Ron Maag wants to deal with the teenage trend called "sexting", but he says current law could allow kids who create or send nude pictures of themselves or their friends to face the same charges as pedophiles do under Ohio's child pornography law. |
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Rep. Ron Maag with Karen Kasler (:33) 
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Rep. Ron Maag (R-Lebanon) (:15)
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| The law would affect only minors who send and create nude pictures of other minors. Adults are still subject to the child pornography law. It would make creating, exchanging and saving a nude picture of a minor through a telecommunications device by a minor a first degree misdemeanor, rather than a felony. But the law still allows prosecutors to pursue harsher penalties if they choose. "Sexting" has been a big concern of school officials, especially since an 18 year old Cincinnati girl committed suicide because of the harassment she received after her ex-boyfriend sent out nude pictures of herself she'd sent to him. |
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