Porn Without A Brain
There are some sick people in this world, exploiting teenage girls by photographing them in various stages of undress and performing sex acts, then posting the photos on the Internet. Luckily, the Pennsylvania state police are on the case this time -- arresting the perp who took advantage of this particular 15-year-old girl. Oops, except that the photographer/pornographer turns out to be the girl herself. No matter. They actually charged her with sexual abuse of a child (herself!), possession and dissemination of child pornography (photos of herself!). As Julian Sanchez wrote over at Reason:

Now, I don't know the details; probably the girl could use a little counseling if, at that age, she's shooting strangers in chat rooms pics of "herself in various states of undress and performing a variety of sexual acts." But it seems a touch bizarre to punish her for exploiting...herself.

I wonder if you fail at suicide in Pennsylvania, do they send you to jail for attempted homicide? At least, then the felons in the clink with you might finish the job. All in all, this story plays like a Hair Club For Men commercial: "I'm not just the victim...I'm also the perpetrator!"

More on this over at Volokh.com.

(via Reason's blog)