The truth about sexting laws

11-9-15 National:

by Danny Cevallos, CNN Legal Analyst

(CNN)Students at a Colorado high school allegedly exchanged hundreds of naked photos of themselves, which has prompted a felony investigation by police and the forfeiture of a football game, apparently because many players have been implicated in the sexting scandal. It seems that one maxim persists throughout human existence when it comes to adolescent behavior: Adults do the darndest things.

Of course, kids do all kinds of irresponsible, ill-advised things, but they are, well, kids. In that sense, their reckless, unpredictable behavior is predictable. Even the Supreme Court has acknowledged what humankind has always known: that adolescents are more "impetuous," "reckless," and "susceptible to negative influences" than adults. Of course, the same Supreme Court recognized that juveniles are developmentally less culpable and more capable of reform than adults too.

Academia and science appear to agree with the Supreme Court:

"Adolescence is a time when maturation of the limbic system outpaces frontal lobe development. Thus, puberty is accompanied by "a proliferation of receptors for dopamine" which may explain the increase in risky behaviors, including unsafe sex, as teens pursue their hormone driven search to experience pleasure and social bonding."

Does that sound like the behavior of you or anyone you knew from the ages of 13 to 18? Me too. ..Continued.. ..