Gov. Scott Walker has signed a Republican bill that makes soliciting sexually explicit photographs from children illegal.
Under the bill, anyone between the ages of 18 and 21 who solicits such photos from a child no more than three years younger would be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to nine months in jail and $10,000 in fines. In all other instances solicitation of such photos from a minor is a felony punishable by up to three-and-a-half years in prison and $10,000 in fines.
The bill’s chief Assembly sponsor, Rep. Andre Jacque, R-DePere, says the bill gives prosecutors the ability to charge someone who requests such photos, allowing detectives to expand sexual predator investigations.
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Walker signed the bill Friday at a Mount Pleasant police station.
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