Ricky’s story

Ricky Blackman landed on the sex offender registry at 16. His crime? Having sex with a 13-year-old girl he believed was 15. Now he deals with the stigma of a label some argue he doesn’t deserve.

I traveled to Stilwell, Oklahoma in December of 2009 with writer Emanuella Grinberg to tell Ricky’s compelling story. I shot, produced and edited the multimedia package to accompany the written article. Check it out on CNN.com ยป