United States v. Nash

SENTENCING MEMORANDUM

KARON OWEN BOWDRE, Chief Judge.

An odd day arises when a young man, who could legally have consensual sex with his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, will forever be labeled a sex offender for receiving provocative pictures of her that she sent him via text message. Such is the day of modern technology; a day when we not only combat the despicable perversion of child pornography, but also must account for the rampant proliferation of “sexting”1 among teenagers and young adults. This court, and other district courts across the nation, bear the burden of taking into account these…