Sexting bill looks to give teens a break for bad choice | #childpredator | #kidsaftey | #childsaftey

Not wanting to hammer all teens with harsh penalties when they are caught sending nude photographs, the Ohio House voted unanimously on Wednesday to support a lesser penalty for young first-time offenders.

Judges say they have struggled to handle cases of teenagers involved in sexting, where they share sexually explicit photographs, often via their phones. Distributing such material involving minors can easily rise to the level of felony pandering charges if prosecutors push to try them as adults.