My sons life is ruined by federal sex offender laws.

Please help me and my son. When my son was just 14 years old, he and a couple of his friends, mindlessly downloaded anything and everything pertaining to sex on Limewire. A few of these videos contained people under 18. The videos were "tagged" by law enforcement to catch child porn offenders. The law waited until he was 18, raided my house and turned his case over to the feds. His life is now destroyed. The judge did not give him prison time, but did sentence him to 40 years of parole. 40 years is cruel and unusual punishment considering the circumstances. He had to register as a sex offender, can not go anywhere where there are people under 18, has to attend sex offender classes where he must state that he gets sexual satisfaction by watching child pornography (even though he doesn't) and endure hearing members share about raping 3 year olds. He feels like a freak and his friends are avoiding him because of this charge. I fear for his safety and mental health. We had him tested by a forensic psychiatrist for the courts. The results show no sign of pedophelia, nor that he is a risk to society. The laws must change and view each case individually. He is treated the same as a child rapist.  At 14, he was dumb, curious, immature and uninformed. The law could have easily approached me and educated my son on the dangers of his actions and help him recognize that real children are being victimized. He was but a child himself. He would never hurt anyone, especially a child. Please sign this petition asking the courts to take into consideration the specifics of each case instead of forcing the guidelines on everyone charged with this offense. I know there are other young people this has happened to as well. Thank you.