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Given the burgeoning nature of technology. but many states have addressed the issue of sex ting as a policy question and what we should do about it. unfortunately, colorado has not. and in essence, what that means is that they default to the other statutes that are on the books. and if you're under 18, that default becomes child pornography. so whenever you're dealing with issues of child pornography and you're sending images of anyone who's around the age of 18, it's problematic. and fredricka, it's not only, you know, sending is distributing it, but say you get it. you're now in possession o...

So there are states that have created sexting laws as a way of not using child pornography laws so that a teen who's guilty of sending an image of themselves can't be prosecuted under child pornography laws but would be prosecuted under presumably much less harsh sexting laws? >> absolutely. i think they recognize this is a real problem. you can be labeled as a sex offender for potentially the rest of your life but also maybe up to 15 years. for kids who are 16, 17 years old, that's a long time. i think people recognize that that punishment may not fit the crime. and so they're looking at othe...