March 2009 Archives » Askthejudge
Juvenile judges convicted of racketeering and conspiracy
Hillary Transue was 15 when she created a MySpace entry critical of her assistant principal. She noted at the bottom of the page that it was “just a joke.” However, the principal didn’t like it and notified the police. Hillary had never been in trouble before but …
Florida students get ‘belted’
At Plantation High School in Florida, 200 belts were handed out to sagging students on March 27, 2009 which was declared “Pull Up Your Pants Day.” Wal-Mart donated the belts to assist in the crackdown [no pun intended] on exposed underwear. In years previous the trend …
Girl, 14, arrested for child pornography on MySpace.
Following a month-long investigation, authorities in New Jersey arrested a 14-year-old girl for uploading 30 sexually explicit pictures of herself to her MySpace page. The unnamed girl said she wanted her boyfriend to see them but word got out and in March, 2009, she was …
Prom dresses and tuxedos – what’s all the fuss about?
Do you think public school dress codes should prohibit girls from wearing tuxedos or boys from wearing dresses to the prom? There have been several challenges to these restrictions over the past ten years. In 1999, an Arlington High School senior succeeded in getting a …
Can you get in trouble for sexting?
As you know, sexting is the practice of sending nude or semi-nude pictures of yourself to someone else by cell phone – like texting. It has resulted in serious consequences for some teens. Consider the outcome of Phillip Alpert’s behavior in 2008. Phillip was an 18-year-old student in Florida when …