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MrYikes

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51. People don't be so upset...

Reply to lookingfortruth (Original post)

Sun May 27, 2012, 07:17 PM

May 2012

this is Texas we're talking about, right?

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Judge sends honor student to jail for missing school [View all] lookingfortruth May 2012 OP

Jail is not the answer, even if punishment or correction is needed CreekDog May 2012 #1

Parents need to be responsible Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #10

It looks like both her parents are deadbeats rocktivity May 2012 #25

Agreed, the parents are the ones the authorities should look for treestar May 2012 #62

obviously, no correction or punishment is needed here at all. cali May 2012 #19

They would love me in Texas exboyfil May 2012 #2

OMG this girl's biggest problems is that she is too freaking responsible taking on everyone else's dkf May 2012 #3

wow. aside from being a cruel fucking asswipe piece of dogshit cali May 2012 #4

The school had to have turned her in for criminal action. How awful. Honeycombe8 May 2012 #5

The school should have turned her parents in for abandonment rocktivity May 2012 #24

True enough! nt Honeycombe8 May 2012 #53

WTF!!! For profit prisons are the symptom of a sick society. Initech May 2012 #6

this has absolutely zip to do with for profit prisons. cali May 2012 #30

The jails would be full in our school system Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #7

they divorced and both moved away cali May 2012 #12

Terrible situation Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #13

The parents BOTH moved away leaving two MINOR children behind? rocktivity May 2012 #23

ITA. There are many divorced people in this country. LisaL May 2012 #32

And there are plenty of divorced parents who support their minor children rocktivity May 2012 #58

They move away txoctodem May 2012 #42

If they made provisions, why is she working a full time job and a part time job? LisaL May 2012 #44

If you want to help, here's a site raising money for her cali May 2012 #8

looks like they've already raised $3K+ for her and her family magical thyme May 2012 #20

Done. dkf May 2012 #29

Just donated. Glad to see others who feel she's getting SemperEadem May 2012 #37

Up to $30,000 now! Sabriel May 2012 #71

One of those "there must be more to the story" headlines bhikkhu May 2012 #9

here's an idea: read the stories and listen to the newscasts cali May 2012 #14

Apparently, she's been late or missing often enough that a judge hughee99 May 2012 #27

you apparently don't read carefully. That is in every fucking article on this cali May 2012 #31

In the article linked to, please link where it specifically mentions hughee99 May 2012 #43

there's a shitload of articles with lots of detail, just a click away, dear. cali May 2012 #45

I don't need to, it's in the article linked to in the OP, right? hughee99 May 2012 #49

The judge shouldn't have ALLOWED her to keep doing it on her own given her circumstances rocktivity May 2012 #34

Given that this would seem to be the logical thing to do, hughee99 May 2012 #48

Explain what law saw that a 17 year old missing school gets jail time? CreekDog May 2012 #41

Truancy is the law, hughee99 May 2012 #47

Truancy law in Texas apply to Anyone UNDER 16 lookingfortruth May 2012 #52

That's not true. Mariana May 2012 #57

Is there a drop out procedure? treestar May 2012 #66

No, not really. Mariana May 2012 #70

Right there you show us there is something we don't know treestar May 2012 #60

the law has obligations for parents and for children and the judge couldn't have looked at the law CreekDog May 2012 #76

It could be all he had before him was the question of treestar May 2012 #77

How exactly does sending a 17 year-old to jail send the message that "she can't do this on her Puregonzo1188 May 2012 #55

Perhaps up until now she's been telling her family hughee99 May 2012 #75

I read (in another artcicle) that the "Judge" COLGATE4 May 2012 #56

Yes, to a pre-determined conclusion treestar May 2012 #59

*** Call the Judge *** (contact information inside) NYC_SKP May 2012 #11

The judge doesn't understand his own law --it's like sending the child to jail for child abandonment CreekDog May 2012 #39

Does he have shares in the private prison industry malaise May 2012 #15

this is clearly not about that. She was sent to jail for 24 hours. cali May 2012 #17

Jail's not the answer, but she really needs to lighten her load. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #16

She's a junior in hs. she needs it lightened for her. cali May 2012 #18

exactly--she's a minor SemperEadem May 2012 #38

Giving up the full time job is the right answer rocktivity May 2012 #21

Giving up one or both jobs... txoctodem May 2012 #26

no, the judge didn't know shit. The reporter informed him of the back story. cali May 2012 #33

Exactly, the older brother is of age treestar May 2012 #65

jail for honors student txoctodem May 2012 #22

So the answer for a student who misses school is to send her to jail... MrScorpio May 2012 #28

I wonder if they've thought of emancipation for the brother that's at college? Lars39 May 2012 #35

why would he need emancipation? He's a college student. He's over 18 cali May 2012 #36

Because student loans are based on a studen't age...up to age 25, iirc. Lars39 May 2012 #46

Yep and the parents have abandoned him as such, too treestar May 2012 #67

Apart from anything else... LeftishBrit May 2012 #40

One wonders what this fuckwad judge does for dessert.... PavePusher May 2012 #50

Yes, the right kid to use for that would be treestar May 2012 #69

People don't be so upset... MrYikes May 2012 #51

Why is this poor woman in jail but Charles and David Koch aren't? Initech May 2012 #54

non-sequitur cali May 2012 #63

I know it is but what I'm getting at is the real criminals are allowed to walk free. Initech May 2012 #68

that's what I was thinking. WTH is the law in Texas that treestar May 2012 #61

She doesn't want to quit school. LisaL May 2012 #72

How to do that while working one and a half jobs treestar May 2012 #78

Her criminal deadbeat parents should be billed rocktivity May 2012 #81

Instead of making assumptions and regional bigotry insinuations... PavePusher May 2012 #74

Do you have to be that sensitive about "regional bigotry?" treestar May 2012 #79

Yes, I do. PavePusher May 2012 #80

Regional bigotry? PavePusher May 2012 #73

I never heard of that JonLP24 May 2012 #64