john cena Posted May 4, 2016 Posted May 4, 2016 http://www.ijreview.com/2016/05/597758-high-school-student-faces-grown-up-felony-charges-after-yearbook-prank-goes-to-press/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=ods&utm_term=ijamerica&utm_content=life It all started with a dare. One of Hunter Osborn’s football teammates at Red Mountain High School in Arizona dared him to expose himself when the team photo was taken. The 18-year-old took the dare, and the photographer took the picture — unaware of the prank. Osborn, now 19, says that he is “disgusted with himself” for what he did, but he failed to come forward before the photo was reprinted both in the Red Mountain yearbook (which was circulated to over 3000 students, most of them minors) and in football pamphlets, as well. Because there were 59 students and ten adults present when the photo was taken, Osborn has been charged with 69 counts of indecent exposure (a misdemeanor) and one class 4 felony count of furnishing harmful items to minors.https://twitter.com/Adrenolizer/status/727523003790163968/photo/1https://twitter.com/Adrenolizer/status/727523003790163968?ref_src=twsrc His punishment could include jail time and addition to the sex offender’s registry — for the rest of his life. The other students were shocked that a simple prank went so far. Senior Zach Anthony said the hype overplayed the actual photo: “When people told me about it I thought it was a big thing, but when I looked at it like you cant really tell, it’s kinda hard to see.” And sophomore Brooke Border said that the consequences might be a little too harsh: “At first, it was kind of like a joke, but then once we found out the consequences he has to face for this, we all feel really bad for him, and we don’t think it’s very fair.” Other students have even started an online petition to reduce the punishment for Osborn, saying that jail time is excessive for what amounts to a simple — admittedly childish — prank:https://twitter.com/chillskeleton/status/727293595560996864?ref_src=twsrc Ok let's look at the charges at hand. 1. 69 counts of indecent exposure (a misdemeanor) This seems like a reasonable charge at first, yet he only exposed himself ONE time. That is double jeopardy, sixty nine eight times over. 2. class 4 felony count of furnishing harmful items to minors.The problem here is, he did NOT furnish any harmful item to minors. The school did. Everyone involved with the yearbook staff did. Why are they all not being charged? The offense is not "posed in a picture indecently that was then furnished to minors by some other party". Why does the school have absolutely no responsibility to vet the yearbook contents before releasing it? If I distributed an anarchist information booklet without reading the entire thing to a school full of minors and it turned out that there had in fact been nudity in the booklet, I would certainly be jailed for decades. What are your thoughts on this? Am I off base?
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