Sending Inappropriate Photos to Classmates at School
My question involves juvenile law in the State of: California
a 15 yr old kid sent a large number of images to a group chat involving most of his school(high school) . the images were of a painting of Shakespeare zoomed in on his crotch where a bulge was visable. and now a parent who was also in the group chat is threatening to press charges. will there charges have any chance of being passed.
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My question involves juvenile law in the State of: California
a 15 yr old kid sent a large number of images to a group chat involving most of his school(high school) . the images were of a painting of Shakespeare zoomed in on his crotch where a bulge was visable. and now a parent who was also in the group chat is threatening to press charges. will there charges have any chance of being passed.
Without being able to see the picture its really kind of hard to tell what a DA might decide to do with that. However, if it was a painting of a fully clothed person and I cannot imagine that many DA's would want to waste time or resources on a case like that. The school, on the other hand may decide to punish your child.
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I agree, now law was likely broken but the school doesn't need a law to be broken to punish a student.
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I don't see that any law was broken, and I also think the school might have a hard time disciplining the student for the act. But, standards and tolerances vary a great deal by district, and we haven't seen the image so it's hard to say. However, absent a nexus to the school (such as sending the image to or from a school account, doing so during school hours in violation of a rule, etc.) the school might have a tough time sustaining any discipline.
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will there charges have any chance of being passed.
No.
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However, if it was a painting of a fully clothed person and I cannot imagine that many DA's would want to waste time or resources on a case like that.
It was a "painting of [William] Shakespeare."
Whether the school even has the authority to take any action depends on whether this "group chat" was done through a school resource or something unconnected with the school like Snapchat.