November 2007 Archives » Askthejudge

In early November, 2007, Ryan’s mother and stepfather were paroled after serving five months of a two-year prison sentence.  In 2002 they threw a party at their home in Virginia for Ryan’s 16th birthday. His mother spent over $300.00 for beer and wine for approximately …

You may have read about 17-year-old Kim Peters, a senior at Willow Canyon High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Kim started competitive skeet-shooting in her freshman year. She has won several trophies in this male-dominated sport and aspires to earn her way on to the U.S. …

13-year-old Megan Meier lived in a small Missouri town. She suffered from depression and thought she was overweight. In late 2006 she had a falling out with a girlfriend who lived down the street.   About the same time she met 16-year-old Josh Evans on MySpace …

14-year-old Dillon Cossey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania met 18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen from Finland on YouTube. They traded e-mail and exchanged posts on a site they were both interested in–about the Columbine school massacre in Colorado in 1999. Dillon was arrested in October, 2007 for allegedly planning …

  It’s not just carbonated drinks and cupcakes that are off-limits at many middle schools – the ban has grown to include playing tag on the playground and yes, even hugging a friend. 13-year-old Megan Coulter, an 8th-grader at Mascoutah Middle School in Illinois hugged …