ElNono
05-05-2011, 10:19 PM
N.J. lawmakers targeting people who photograph children without parental consent
For Ringwood homemaker Amy Conklin, something needed to be done.
Last summer, a 63-year-old man was seen taping children at a local swim meet. Police say when confronted he told them he found girls 8 to 10 sexy.
But the authorities could only charge the man, who they say had a history of similar run-ins with the police, with trespassing and disorderly conduct — and those charges were later dropped.
"Our town is in an uproar," said Conklin, who was on vacation when the incident occurred. Otherwise, she said, her own children would have been there. "He is free to do as he wishes because these innocent 8-year-old girls were not naked when he videotaped them."
Such legislation, which is being considered by the Assembly Judiciary Committee, would step into a constitutional minefield.
The bill would ban photographs or recordings of children when "a reasonable parent or guardian would not expect his child to be the subject of such reproduction."
Read more (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/nj_turnpike_authority_hearing.html)
For Ringwood homemaker Amy Conklin, something needed to be done.
Last summer, a 63-year-old man was seen taping children at a local swim meet. Police say when confronted he told them he found girls 8 to 10 sexy.
But the authorities could only charge the man, who they say had a history of similar run-ins with the police, with trespassing and disorderly conduct — and those charges were later dropped.
"Our town is in an uproar," said Conklin, who was on vacation when the incident occurred. Otherwise, she said, her own children would have been there. "He is free to do as he wishes because these innocent 8-year-old girls were not naked when he videotaped them."
Such legislation, which is being considered by the Assembly Judiciary Committee, would step into a constitutional minefield.
The bill would ban photographs or recordings of children when "a reasonable parent or guardian would not expect his child to be the subject of such reproduction."
Read more (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/nj_turnpike_authority_hearing.html)