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17 year old charged for having nudes of himself in his phone
Topic Started: Sep 4 2015, 12:07 AM (2,140 Views)
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He is the perpetrator, the victim, an adult, and a minor all for the same crime. This sick adult pervert probably molests the innocent child version of himself all the time.

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A North Carolina 17-year-old caught in a sexting scandal faces charges of sexually exploiting a minor that could land him in jail for up to 10 years, since the law considers him an adult. But one of the minors he supposedly exploited is himself.—which raises an obvious question: how can a teen be old enough to face adult felony charges, but not old enough to keep a nude picture of himself on his phone?

Unfortunately, that’s the Kafka-esque nightmare in which Fayetteville-area high schooler Cormega Copening finds himself after exchanging private nude photos with his girlfriend—with whom he is legally allowed to have sex, but not to sext.

I wrote about Copening’s story on Tuesday. Since then, I’ve learned new information that makes the local sheriff’s office’s actions seem even more ludicrous.

But first, to recap: Copening and his girlfriend—now identified as Brianna Denson—are like other teenagers in that they have more than a passing interest in sex. Indeed, when they were 16, they exchanged racy sexy photos via text message. Denson sent pictures to Copening, and Copening sent pictures to Denson. It appears that no one else saw the pictures until local authorities searched Copening’s phone and discovered them.

Why did they search his phone? It’s not clear, but local news reports claimed that it had nothing to do with the sexts themselves. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to a request for comment. According to fayobserver.com, there is no record of a search warrant being issued for Copening’s phone.

Both teens were charged with sexual exploitation. Denson pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was given 12 months of probation.

Copening, however, is still facing two counts of second-degree sexual exploitation and three counts of third-degree exploitation. As Ricochet’s Tom Meyer points out, the third-degree charges—which constitute a majority of the total charges—actually stem from the pictures Copening had of himself. The implication is clear: Copening does not own himself, from the standpoint of the law, and is not free to keep sexually-provocative pictures, even if they depict his own body.

But consider this: North Carolina is one of two states in the country (the other is progressive New York) that considers 16 to be the age of adulthood for criminal purposes. This mean, of course, that Copening can be tried as an adult for exploiting a minor—himself.

I discovered this when I asked Fayetteville Observer Executive Editor Mike Adams about his publication’s decision to release the names of the teens (something countless other local news reports did as well). He explained to me that it’s the company’s policy to publish the names of adults charged with felony crimes, which includes Copening and Denson, in this case. But The Observer didn’t fully comprehend that Copening and Denson were also the victims—and, by some bizarre quirk of the law, minors in a different sense—until after its original reporting on the issue had already been published.

“I don’t think sexting was considered when this sexual exploitation law was put on the books,” Adams told me.

Indeed. Maybe the legislature should revisit the issue. In the meantime, there is still no excuse for local cops to pursue charges against Copening. They have already humiliated him and damaged (perhaps irreversibly) his high school football career over mildly worrisome behavior that should not even constitute a crime. Cumberland County should exercise some discretion—perhaps some maturity as well—and let this matter go.

The Observer's Paul Woolverton also covered the insanity of North Caorlina's sexual exploitation law as applied in this case. Read his excellent story here.


Jeez... I wonder if I can be arrested for having sexy pics of my gf when she was 17.

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So what I'm getting is that him and his partner are being charged for being teenagers. They exchanged pictures like all teenagers do, and kept them secret rather than posting them on ExGFRevenge or Twitter, but that's somehow wrong because the law hasn't caught up with society yet.

Sounds like this town just has nothing better to do.
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Hopefully they learn their leason and stop being degenerates.
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And how are they degenerates? Because they do sexual things? You know like most couples?
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Taking naked photos of yourself is degenerate.
Sexting is even more degenerate.

They are degenerate teenagers. It's good thar they learned their lesson before their photos/sex videos leak onto the internet for the world to see.

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Sep 4 2015, 01:34 AM
Taking naked photos of yourself is degenerate.
Sexting is even more degenerate.

They are degenerate teenagers. It's good thar they learned their lesson before their photos/sex videos leak onto the internet for the world to see.

You're a happy camper, aren't you?
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Sep 4 2015, 01:48 AM
Din
Sep 4 2015, 01:34 AM
Taking naked photos of yourself is degenerate.
Sexting is even more degenerate.

They are degenerate teenagers. It's good thar they learned their lesson before their photos/sex videos leak onto the internet for the world to see.

You're a happy camper, aren't you?
Generally speaking, yes I am a happy camper.
I'll never be prosecuted for being a degenerate. Worst case is I'll be banned from this forum for being abrasive.
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Wasn't aware that having a sexual assault on YOURSELF was degenerate. He's getting in trouble because he has nudes of himself himself
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He should have more respect for his body/reputation.
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A private image that never got leaked is gonna ruin his reputation? Explain yourself. I could take a nude right now and never send it ti anyone.

Can I be raping myself?
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He isn't be charged with rap3. (As if there is a warning about saying rap3. What is this forum)

Your phone could be hacked, or stolen and the pictures will be on the internet forever.

Just do a quick bing search for nude selfies/revenge porn. It gets online one way or another. Not worth the risk.
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The law is the law so he should have known better at the end of the day! Is he a degenerate? Not my place to say. I don't think having nudies of yourself to send to sexual partners makes him a degenerate but that's just my opinion. I've sent a willy shot or two to my misses before, and she's sent me some saucy images too. I don't think we're degenerates, i think we're a sexually exclusive couple who are entitled to sending each other private images.

Unfortunately for the young bloke on trial, what he's doing is infact production of child porn and regardless of our personal views and opinions, it's the law and you can't break the law without consequences.

Shame! But he should have known better. This sort of thing happens often and everywhere. It's publicized, the risks are there, you can't do the crime if you don't wanna do the time. Just the way it is.
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I just think it's weird that the reason why he's in trouble was because hewwas 16 when he took the picture and now he's 17 and is "adult". I understand the whole child porn. But the fact that he doesn't own his own pics is...odd..
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Sep 4 2015, 02:47 AM
I just think it's weird that the reason why he's in trouble was because hewwas 16 when he took the picture and now he's 17 and is "adult". I understand the whole child porn. But the fact that he doesn't own his own pics is...odd..
What if an industrious pedo decided to produce child porn starring himself from the age of 10 to 16. Then when he's 17 he starts a website and distributes his own porn.

Wut now
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Sep 4 2015, 02:47 AM
I just think it's weird that the reason why he's in trouble was because hewwas 16 when he took the picture and now he's 17 and is "adult". I understand the whole child porn. But the fact that he doesn't own his own pics is...odd..
Doesn't really matter at the end of the day bro. He sent sexually explicit images of a minor to another party. Doesn't matter how old he was or is, it's just the law. Heaps of people have been convicted in identical circumstances. Plus they do teach this at school. There's no cause for ignorance in this case. He would have been charged if they found the images a year earlier anyway.
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