SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) – In a case that highlights
one of the unusual incongruities of state laws, the Illinois Supreme
Court ruled Thursday that a downstate man didn’t commit a crime when he
had sex with his 17-year-old girlfriend, but he did break the law when
he took pictures of them in the act.
Marshall Hollins was arrested in downstate Freeport in March 2009,
and charged with three counts of child pornography after photographing
himself having sex with his 17-year-old girlfriend, but he was not
charged with statutory rape, since the age of consent for sex in
Illinois is 17. But, in Illinois, it is illegal to photograph anyone
under the age of 18 engaged in a sexual act.
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