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1. I saw this story.

Sat Aug 1, 2015, 04:22 PM

Aug 2015

Terrible. The girl lied, even the girls parents were against the punishment. In this particular case, IMO too harsh.

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Should Zachary Anderson's life be ruined? [View all] pnwmom Aug 2015 OP

I saw this story. onecaliberal Aug 2015 #1

Welcome to the War on Drugs. Just fill in this blank, right here....nt Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #2

NY Times article on the case... PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #3

Thank you! I'll add this to the OP! pnwmom Aug 2015 #8

Maybe minimum mandatory? Another WOD product from Uranus. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #6

Hopefully they will prevail. aikoaiko Aug 2015 #12

If you read the NY Times article apparently the Prosecutor didn't recommend PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #10

He needs to appeal. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #5

Followup: Judge yet to decide on teen offender's re-sentencing... PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #13