Garnett ? Anderson County prosecutor Frederick Campbell has 180 days to ponder whether he did the right thing when he showed parents in his east-central Kansas community photos of a partially clothed teenage girl engaged in sex.

Campbell contends he wanted to alert adults to what went on, including underage drinking and other risky behaviors, at parties their children attended.

But the Kansas Supreme Court, finding “no valid substantial legal purpose,” not only upheld a disciplinary board’s recommendation that Campbell be suspended from practicing law for 90 days, but doubled it.

Campbell — who was elected in November to a third term as county attorney — said Friday afternoon that he had not read the ruling issued by the court earlier in the day. He declined to criticize the justices for “doing what they thought was right.”

The legal storm grew out of a party in May 2007 attended by the girl in the photo, who contends she was the victim of sexual assault. Campbell believes the photos showed consensual sex.

Shortly after the party, the teen told a school counselor that a foreign-exchange student had sexually assaulted her after she had reportedly consumed six beers. The counselor notified police, according to Friday’s ruling.

When investigators presented the case to Campbell, they gave him the photos taken at the party. Campbell, who still believes the sex was consensual, turned the photos — which also included several other drinking teens — into an educational tool. He blacked out some faces, including the girl’s.

Friday’s ruling doesn’t remove Campbell from office. But he cannot practice law.

Campbell said he would wait to see what happens next and do whatever he needs to do to be reinstated. Asked if his actions were worth the consequences, he said he didn’t know.