Revenge or Justice?

[UST#1]

You Decide.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006601270321

[MikeTheMullet]

You mess with the bull, you get the horns.

[jtwcornell91]

Well, he probably should have recused himself, but I'd assume any sensible judge would have sentenced them similarly for brazenly violating their probation.

ETA: oh, crap, I voted wrong. Subtract one from Revenge and add it to Justice.

[Red Cloud]

Revenge or Justice?

The answer is yes.

[ajoyce02]

They got exactly what they deserved. How stupid do you have to be to incriminate yourself on a website that anyone could access? :confused:

[IanAtKDR]

When I read this, I immediately thought that "Revenge or Justice" would be a cool Chuck Norris movie title. Then I thought of the beginning of "The Godfather": "That is not justice, your daughter is still alive."

[HockeyBum]

Justice.

Stupid girl.

[dropthatpuck]

They got exactly what they deserved. How stupid do you have to be to incriminate yourself on a website that anyone could access? :confused:

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[Netman]

Meerschaert's mother, Polly Meerschaert, said she e-mailed the school and asked to appeal. But a panel of teachers held firm. So the Meerchaerts decided to yank their daughter from all graduation functions.

Send her to jail with her daughter. If my kid can't wear the cloth she won't graduate at all! That'll show them. Dope!

[legal_hit]

Well, he probably should have recused himself, but I'd assume any sensible judge would have sentenced them similarly for brazenly violating their probation.

ETA: oh, crap, I voted wrong. Subtract one from Revenge and add it to Justice.
Good point. How can he be fair and unbiased if the website is slamming him?

On the other hand, if you're going to break the law and post on the web about it, you shouldn't be surprised whne you get caught.

[St. Clown]

Good point. How can he be fair and unbiased if the website is slamming him?

On the other hand, if you're going to break the law and post on the web about it, you shouldn't be surprised whne you get caught.
But considering that one of the charges is Contempt of Court, wouldn't the same judge have to sit the trial in order to hold the violators responsible? In effect, they were in direct contempt of his court, his court's rulings.

[jericho]

Send her to jail with her daughter. If my kid can't wear the cloth she won't graduate at all! That'll show them. Dope!


I think the kid proved that the honors deserved to be stripped. How can she be so smart when she did something so dumb?

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

I think the kid proved that the honors deserved to be stripped. How can she be so smart when she did something so dumb?For what? Drinking underage? Yeah, cause that never happens in HS. People who got caught drinking underage in my class...a private, catholic HS...still got to wear what they earned. I really don't see the big deal about that. Hell, I know two people who were caught smoking weed on school property that still got to graduate...

Now, the website thing...justice. It's incredibly stupid to put pictures of yourself violating probation on the internet. They got what they had coming to them

[LynahFan]

I think the girls ended up getting what they deserved - justice. But I can't see how anyone would possibly think it's fair for that judge to sit for the case. Given his personal crusade (presumably carried out on his own time) against underage drinking, his familiarity with the defendants, and the personal nature of their website, he should have recused himself immediately. Even though it was "his" probation rules that they violated, any judge from that court could have handled the hearing. So I also think that the judge was probably out for revenge.

[jericho]

For what? Drinking underage? Yeah, cause that never happens in HS. People who got caught drinking underage in my class...a private, catholic HS...still got to wear what they earned. I really don't see the big deal about that. Hell, I know two people who were caught smoking weed on school property that still got to graduate...

Now, the website thing...justice. It's incredibly stupid to put pictures of yourself violating probation on the internet. They got what they had coming to them

No, I meant starting the website. You'd think an honors student that was going to violate her probation wouldn't do something like that.

[Brenthoven]

The judge shoulda recused himself.
The students shoulda been punished. Dumb bast iges.
However, I might have been tempted to do the same thing, but I woulda been 21 if I did it.

[Rhett]

For what? Drinking underage? Yeah, cause that never happens in HS. People who got caught drinking underage in my class...a private, catholic HS...still got to wear what they earned. I really don't see the big deal about that. Hell, I know two people who were caught smoking weed on school property that still got to graduate...

Now, the website thing...justice. It's incredibly stupid to put pictures of yourself violating probation on the internet. They got what they had coming to them

She made a violation of parole public record while taunting the guy who cut her slack.

Maximum everytime, and if it was one of my schools, I'd want her kicked out.

[Wol4ine]

Meerschaert's mother, Polly Meerschaert, said she e-mailed the school and asked to appeal. But a panel of teachers held firm. So the Meerchaerts decided to yank their daughter from all graduation functions. When I was in high school if this happened to me, I would not be worried about getting kick out of school or even the legal troubles. I'd be worried about what my old man was going to do to me. And I mean that with all the love and affection a son can have for his father. He wouldn't have tolerated that. He certainly would not have gone and asked for an appeal on my behalf. I suppose that's why that never did happen to me.

besides, I went to Michigan, we party in moderation! Couches are for sitting on, not burning.