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In reply to the discussion: Judge sends honor student to jail for missing school [View all]CreekDog
(46,192 posts)76. the law has obligations for parents and for children and the judge couldn't have looked at the law
without noticing both parts.
given that her parents basically abandoned their family, the judge is negligent in doing what he did.
if he's going to be that clueless, what's the point of having a judge do the job? a form and a computer could do what he did, or maybe even a computer could have done a better job.
remember he's a "judge", but he's shown no sensible judgement.
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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