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Presumed innocent but required to give a DNA sample
That’s right - in at least a dozen states persons arrested but not convicted are being swabbed and their DNA sample entered into the FBI’s national database. This includes a few states that do the same with juveniles upon arrest. The FBI collects DNA samples …
Teen unemployment at a record high
The percentage of teens ages 16 to 19 who wanted to work this summer but couldn’t find a job soared to 25% in August, 2009. Reportedly, this is the highest unemployment rate for this age group since 1948. This comes at a time when unemployment …
Cell phone search leads to expulsion
Honor student Richard Wade is a 12-year-old student at Southaven Middle School in Mississippi. During a football session in 2008 he received a text message from his father. Thinking it might be an emergency, he read it. His phone was confiscated for violating school policy against …
Vermont decriminalizes sexting by minors
The Vermont legislature has no interest in sending teens to jail as sex offenders or requiring them to register as such for the rest of their lives. In 2009, they passed a law authorizing first-time sexting offenders to be declared delinquent in the juvenile justice …
High school “Hail Mary” takes on new meaning
Kathryn Nurre’s “Hail Mary” has nothing to do with football. She went to Henry M. Jackson High School in the state of Washington. Graduation ceremonies featured speakers, musical selections and presentation of diplomas. Kathy was a member of the Wind Ensemble. Her band director told …
Five-year-old voted out of kindergarten!
In a “Survivor-like” vote about his disruptive behavior at school, it was a 14 to 2 vote against Alex Barton. Allegedly, Alex was made to stand in front of his kindergarten class and listen to his classmates at Morningside Elementary School in Florida criticize him. …