Q: My friend posted pictures of is his ex gf in without her face in it and was supposed to have a court date for it.
Even though she was the one who sent the photos to him at the time and he was on the wrong for sending them out but they are both minors so what would be the penalty for them and for some reason he hasn’t gotten a call or anything from the policeman that was supposed to call him and it’s been 5 months since this incident happened. Is it possible for the police to wait until he turns 18 to arrest him or is that illegal in the state of Pennsylvania? Please help I don’t want my friend to end up in jail or something like this.
A: He needs to get a lawyer immediately because what you described is child pornography which would require him to register as a sex offender.
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