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TIL that a 16 year old boy faced 90 years in prison after being accused of possession of child pornography. It was later proven he was innocent on those charges, but he pleaded guilty to distributing porn to minors. He had showed a playboy magazine to his friends at lunch. He is now a sex offender.

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