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52 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1717 (2010-2011)
Sex, Cells, and SORNA: Applying Sex Offender Registration Laws to Sexting Cases

handle is hein.journals/wmlr52 and id is 1727 raw text is: SEX, CELLS, AND SORNA: APPLYING SEX OFFENDER
REGISTRATION LAWS TO SEXTING CASES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION  ....................................  1718
I. THE SEXTING EPIDEMIC ............................. 1720
A. Sexting  Consequences  ..........................  1722
B. Legislative Responses  ..........................  1724
C. Sexting Prosecutions  ...........................  1725
D. Child Pornography Laws and Sexting ............. 1728
E. Shifting the Focus of the Debate ..................  1728
II. THE ADAM WALSH ACT AND SORNA................. 1729
A. Background of the Adam Walsh Act and
SORNA  ......................................  1729
B. The Three Tiers  ...............................  1731
III. SORNA IN SEXTING CASES.......................... 1732
A. Juvenile Registration  ..........................  1732
B. Statutory Analysis of SORNA's Registration
Requirements as Applied to Sexting ............... .1733
C. State Speculation Regarding Juvenile
Registration  ..................................  1734
1. Virginia  ...................................  1734
2. Pennsylvania  ...............................  1737
D. The National Guidelines........................  1738
E. The Decision Maker: Judge or Jury? .............. 1739
IV. PROPOSED SOLUTION .............................. 1741
CONCLUSION......................................  1743

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