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Showing Original Post only (View all)Judge sends honor student to jail for missing school [View all]
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/26/judge-sends-honor-student-to-jail-for-missing-school/A Houston-area teenager has been jailed and fined for missing school by a judge who hopes to make an example of her. 17-year-old Diane Tran is working two jobs while taking advanced placement and dual credit courses at Willis High School in Willis, Texas. Some mornings, she is simply too exhausted to make it to school on time. Some days she misses classes altogether.
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Moral of the story: We must fill those for Profit Juvenile detention centers.
This girl should be given some compassion and help NOT treated like this.
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OMG this girl's biggest problems is that she is too freaking responsible taking on everyone else's
dkf
May 2012
#3
The judge shouldn't have ALLOWED her to keep doing it on her own given her circumstances
rocktivity
May 2012
#34
the law has obligations for parents and for children and the judge couldn't have looked at the law
CreekDog
May 2012
#76
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
The judge doesn't understand his own law --it's like sending the child to jail for child abandonment
CreekDog
May 2012
#39
I know it is but what I'm getting at is the real criminals are allowed to walk free.
Initech
May 2012
#68