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COUMBIA (WACH, AP) -- Prosecutors say former U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene can enter a pretrial intervention program that will drop a misdemeanor obscenity charge against him as long as he completes community service and counseling.

Prosecutors also said Monday they will drop a felony obscenity charge against the 33-year-old unemployed Army veteran who stunned South Carolina by winning the Democratic Senate nomination last year.

Fifth Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson approved Greene’s application to the Pretrial Intervention program this week.

“Mr. Greene has no other criminal record and the charge of ‘communicating obscene messages to other persons without consent’ is a non-violent misdemeanor, which per South Carolina statute qualifies for PTI,” Johnson explained.  "The charge of ‘disseminating, procuring or promoting obscenity’ is a non-violent felony and also qualifies for PTI; however it is not supported by the evidence and will be dismissed.”

Reached at his Manning home, Greene says he is glad prosecutors are letting him enter the program, but he hasn't decided whether to enroll. He again insisted he did not show a pornographic picture to a University of South Carolina student at a campus computer lab.

Greene could have faced several years in prison.  Solicitor Dan Johnson says he agreed to pretrial intervention because Greene had no criminal record.

Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) admitted Monday he produced and sent explicit photos of himself to multiple women via the internet. Meanwhile, former South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene was indicted on federal obscenity charges for allegedly showing pornography to an adult USC student. What do you think about the situation?  Vote in our daily web poll and leave a comment to weigh in.