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Illinois prosecutors have charged a 13-year-old student with felony eavesdropping for recording his conversation with two school administrators. Should he be found guilty and sentenced, a conviction could land him a minimum of one year in prison. According to TechDirt:
The [Illinois] law forbids recordings without all parties' consent. It would seem that the school officials' refusal to discuss anything further once they were informed they were being recorded should have been enough. The conversation was ended, along with the recording. If they were concerned they said something they shouldn't have during the previous ten minutes, maybe should have restrained themselves during the argument, rather than ruin a 13-year-old's life with a bad law Illinois legislators refuse to rewrite. Given how often this law is used to protect the powerful, it's hardly surprising legislators haven't expressed a serious interest in fixing it.
Everyone from the administrators to the prosecutors and those in between had a lot of discretion available to stop the chain of events, but all chose not to stop it.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by crafoo on Monday July 02 2018, @04:35PM (5 children)
Adults not taking responsibility for their actions and accepting the consequences. Instead, deferring blame and punishment to someone who can't challenge it: another daily example. The more frequently punishment is doled out in accordance to social and economic power structure, and not in accordance to our ideals of justice, fairness, and common sense, the closer we are to the end of our civilization.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Monday July 02 2018, @04:39PM (2 children)
I'm constantly reminded of ancient Rome in its dying days....
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday July 02 2018, @04:44PM
That's great! Rome was Great in its dying daze! There were over 300 holidays and fewer than 65 working days.
(except for the worker bees, who don't count. And I don't mean inability to count due to educational system failure.)
Make America Great like Rome was great!
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Monday July 02 2018, @05:30PM
Sure you are. Because this is EXACTLY like that isn't it....
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Monday July 02 2018, @04:41PM
Just as it should be. These fine educators are teaching, by example, how he should act in order to be a responsible adult and understand his place in the world.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by Kawumpa on Tuesday July 03 2018, @06:13AM
Well, at least their teachings are not purely academic but instead thouroughly grounded in the everyday life experience of modern Americans,