Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyers

Teens in Riverside, OH were recently charged with felony sex offenses for transmitting images of other nude teens via cell phone, or “sexting”. Though the charges were able to be avoided by completing a juvenile diversion program, should Ohio prosecution have the ability to threaten teens with ruinous felony sex offenses and sex offender status for these actions? [read more...]

There was a good editorial in the Journal News about the state legislature’s efforts to reform Ohio’s child pornography laws to account for teen “sexting”. Under existing statutes, a teen possessing a sexually explicit photo of his girlfriend sent to his phone or computer could be charges with felony possession of child pornography and convicted as a sex offender. [read more...]