“Sexting”: From bad judgment to a registered sex offender

The technological phenomenon of “sexting” has seen such a dramatic increase in popularity that it is now defined in the Merriam Webster Dictionary: “the sending of sexually explicit messages or images by cell phone.”  Moreover, if you ask a high school student to describe sexting, you may be surprised to hear it is a social norm.  In a 2009 survey conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen & Unplanned Pregnancy, twenty percent of teens said they had sexted.  That number has since increased to over twenty-five percent.  What these students and many others do not know is that sexting could land them on a sex offender registry for life.  As a result, their names and reputations could forever be ruined by the simple push of a computer key, or touch of an iPhone. Full Article