Stop the unjust prosecution of a teenager

Petition here. Excerpt:

'Cormega Copening, a 17-year-old high school student, has been charged with five felony counts and forced off his football team, just because he had pictures of himself and his girlfriend, who is the same age as him, on his cell phone. He faces the possibility of being added to the sex offender registry for this "offense." His life as he knows it would be ruined.

Yes, both teens were naked in the photos. However, their relationship was entirely consensual and broke no laws. Furthermore, the photos were private, for their viewing only. It wasn’t until the police searched Copening's phone that they were seen by anyone else. Furthermore, four of the five counts against Copening are for having pictures of himself. His girlfriend, Brianna Denson, was also charged. She accepted a plea for 12 months of probation.

Please join me and help end this terrible nightmare. Sign my petition asking Cumberland County District Attorney William West to drop the charges against young Cormega Copening and reverse Ms. Denson’s plea deal.

Essentially, the prosecutors have come up with some twisted rationale to count Copening and Denson as minors when appearing in the photographs, but adults when possessing those same photographs on their phones.'