A federal judge in Pennsylvania said that three teen girls who posed semi-nude for pictures distributed via cellular phone could not be forced to attend behavior classes as a prosecutor demanded.
In the temporary restraining order filed Monday, Judge James Munley prevents District Attorney George Skumanick from filing child pornography charges against the girls, who were 13 when the pictures were taken. He said the pictures were not illegal and that there was no reason to prosecute.
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Teachers at a Pennsylvania high school alerted the authorities in October after discovering a waist-up image of two girls covered just by a bra, and another image of a girl topless on the portable telephones of several school students.
Skumanik called for the girls to undergo five weeks of behavior courses and take a drug test or face prosecution, according to a letter sent to the teenagers' parents.
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If they did not meet his demand Skumanik threatened to press child pornography charges, in accordance with Pennsylvania law.
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The teens "have a constitutional right to avoid the courses ... because the girls' pictures were not illegal," Munley wrote.
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