Mom charged after putting recording device in daughter's backpack
In late September, Sims says she had enough. She tells 10 On Your Side her 9-year-old daughter was getting bullied at Ocean View Elementary. She says repeated calls and emails to the school went un-returned. [...] Sims says she took actions into her own hands. She wanted to prove that nothing was being done to help her 4th grade daughter. She put a digital recorder into her daughter's backpack in hopes of catching audio from inside the classroom. "If I'm not getting an answer from you what am I left to do?" she asked. The recorder was found. The 9-year-old was moved to a new classroom and about a month later Sims was charged by police.
[...] Sims was charged with felony use of device to intercept oral communication and misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The felony charge could carry five years in prison.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by lentilla on Thursday November 30 2017, @05:24AM (2 children)
We are not a society of lawyers - we are a society of people. I'm all for enforcing laws consistently but; to be honest; this situation should not have come to the attention of the law. That's where "discretion" is applicable. Once it's in the system there are rules that must be followed... but it shouldn't have been in the system in the first place. One should only appeal to the law as a final resort.
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Thursday November 30 2017, @12:13PM
De minimis non curat lex, [duhaime.org] right?
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Thursday November 30 2017, @11:31PM
ALL of our politicians are lawyers. We are a people ruled by lawyers.
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