Daily Links: 08/10/17 – Colorado: It’s legal to sex teens, not sext them

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• 25-year-old Colorado man charged with a felony for sexting with his 15-year-old girlfriend … even though state law says it would be legal for them to actually have sex.
  (via The Watch)

• It is somehow legal in 10 states for prosecutors to withhold evidence until just before trial, preventing suspects from properly defending themselves.
  (via The Watch)

• A Koch group, Craigslist’s founder, WordPress’s parent company and Ed Snowden’s Freedom of the Press Foundation join up to defend Techdirt ^[pictured] against its SLAPP lawsuit by the man who didn’t invent email.
  (via The Watch)

• As a writer, I literally forbid you from using literally figuratively.
  (via @Popehat)

• And finally, accused burglar caught due to shit luck.
  (via @fark)

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