Peer-to-peer DNA interfacing
Police in Milwaukee have discovered a new threat to America's vulnerable youth: 14 to 16 year olds downloading sexual images of girls their own age. They're understandably curious about such things, and it doesn't even occur to them that it's a felony.
Fortunately, the justice system has some clue that maybe these kids aren't perverts...well, at least not any more pervy than any other 16 year old. But they're still getting sucked into the justice system because, after all, it's a felony and the law is the law, and they're still "causing" the exploitation of young girls.
Really, this should be treated like statutory rape. We don't sweat it when 16 boinks 14. When 19 boinks 14, his picture gets passed around the neighborhood as a notorious sex offender. 14 is "exploited" either way (and my wife and I exploit each other regularly; so what?), but the law assumes that adults should know better. It seems like the same logic should apply to pornography. If 16 looks at 14 and gets sucked up in a kiddie porn sting, you talk to the kid and his parents, explain the situation, and let it go. There is no point in trying these kids, unless they are producing kiddie porn commercially.
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