Associated Press reports a story originally reported by WCSR in Michigan: A prosecutor plans to subpoena cell phone records of students in Hillsdale and Branch counties as part of an investigation into widespread sharing of sexually explicit photos. Assistant Hillsdale County Prosecutor Megan Stiverson told WCSR for a story Friday (http://bit.ly/oxUWS1 ) that the original “sexting” incident…
Category: Youth & Schools
Lessons not learned: teens, sex in public areas, and reputations ruined
There have been many bad laws that have been proposed in the name of protecting children. And when those proposed laws collide with adults’ rights’ or wishes, the conflict can be intense. Now a situation in Maryland reminds us that sometimes, children may, indeed, need protection – even from the consequences of their own actions. But…
Ripping a critic’s mask off
Karen Sloan reports: It started as a way to warn prospective law students to read the fine print. The second-year law student known by the Internet handle Rockstar05 founded a blog in February calledThomas M. Cooley Law School Scam, after the school issued a press release proclaiming itself the second-best law school in the country….
Companion of Tyler Clementi lives in ‘substantial fear’ of having his privacy invaded
Kelly Heyboer and Sue Epstein report: More than a year after Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi was seen kissing a male date on a webcam, the public still doesn’t know the identity of the other man in the high-profile case. But the young gay man lives in terror his name will leak out and “the…