In
Iowa, where you would think such thinks would be illegal, it is legal
to take nude pictures of girls under 18 as long as the photographys
aren't explicit or depict sexual acts.
Hmmmmm.
According to the Des Moines Register:
Hmmmmm.
According to the Des Moines Register:
The Rachel Huggins case could send the message that Iowans can take pictures of naked children in provocative poses and get away with it, but tightening the law in a fair way might be impossible because only a fine line separates a harmless snapshot, art and sexual exploitation, advocates say.
Iowa's exploitation law allows for nude photography, even if a child is younger than 18 and not a relative -- as long as it doesn't depict explicit images or one of several specific sexual acts.
For instance, prosecutors in Jasper County this week said it wasn't automatically a crime for a middle-aged man to snap photographs of a fully or partially unclothed teenage girl.
According to court documents, Rachel Huggins told investigators in 2004 that when she was 14 or 15, Peter Sciarrotta, now 47, took numerous photographs of her wearing a see-through slip in his basement studio, where he shot senior photos and cut hair.
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