Educating the Educators
There are many reasons I defend students who get in trouble with their school district. It's oftentimes because the student hasn't done anything wrong.
And many times it's because the school district did something wrong.
Just ask 15 year old Cody Webb, a Pennsylvania high-schooler who found himself on the wrong side of the law through no fault of his own. According to published reports, Cody was arrested and charged with the felony of "threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction" after a bomb threat was called into the school district's hotline number at - according to school records - 3:17am on March 11th. According to Cody's cell phone, it was also determined that Cody had called the hotline number at 3:12am the same morning.
When the principal saw that Cody's cell phone indicated a call had been made at around the same time as the bomb threat, he stated, "We got him. We got him." When confronted with the allegation, Cody refused to confess and was charged.
Only problem was, the school forgot to re-set their phone hotline's internal clock to spring ahead. The bomb threat was actually made at 4:17am, over one hour after the call from Cody's cell phone.
After spending 12 days in juvenile detention, a judge dismissed the charges.
And many times it's because the school district did something wrong.
Just ask 15 year old Cody Webb, a Pennsylvania high-schooler who found himself on the wrong side of the law through no fault of his own. According to published reports, Cody was arrested and charged with the felony of "threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction" after a bomb threat was called into the school district's hotline number at - according to school records - 3:17am on March 11th. According to Cody's cell phone, it was also determined that Cody had called the hotline number at 3:12am the same morning.
When the principal saw that Cody's cell phone indicated a call had been made at around the same time as the bomb threat, he stated, "We got him. We got him." When confronted with the allegation, Cody refused to confess and was charged.
Only problem was, the school forgot to re-set their phone hotline's internal clock to spring ahead. The bomb threat was actually made at 4:17am, over one hour after the call from Cody's cell phone.
After spending 12 days in juvenile detention, a judge dismissed the charges.
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