Florida tried to outlaw teen sexting and accidentally legalized it instead

It sounds like Florida's the place to be if you're a kid looking to send risqué Snapchats.

While some places, like this town in Illinois, have prosecuted sexting teens as child pornographers (yes, the teens are both the child and the pornographer in this scenario), Florida legislators attempted to take a more measured approach to the issue. So they created a sliding scale of consequences, ramping up from a civil infraction on the first sexting offense all the way to a felony on the fourth offense.

The problem with this system was noticed only when the state tried to enforce the law: In Florida, courts don't have any jurisdiction over civil infractions by juveniles. This means the first sexting offense can never be prosecuted, which means the ramping up of consequences can therefore never occur. No doubt Florida Man was thrilled to hear about this legislative mishap.

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