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1monster

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Wed Jul-25-07 09:51 AM
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Sorry Dupe

Edited on Wed Jul-25-07 09:59 AM by 1monster

Thread here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1429515&mesg_id=1429515
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/boys-face-trial-over-slapping-charges/20070724153509990001

Boys Face Trial Over Slapping Charges

By SCOTT MICHELS,ABC News
Posted: 2007-07-25 09:27:36
Filed Under: Crime News

NEW YORK (July 25) -- Two middle-school students in Oregon are facing possible time in a juvenile jail and could have to register as sex offenders for smacking girls on the rear end at school.
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The boys' families and lawyers said even sentencing them to probation would turn admittedly inappropriate but not uncommon juvenile rowdiness into a crime. If they are convicted of any of the misdemeanor charges against them, they would have to register as sex offenders. (snip)

Court papers said the boys touched the buttocks of several girls, some of whom said this made them uncomfortable. The papers also said Cory touched a girl's breasts. But police reports filed with the court said other students, both boys and girls, slapped each other on the bottom.
"It's like a handshake we do," one girl said, according to the police report. (snip)

"More and more, they are criminalizing normal adolescent or preadolescent behavior," said Chuck Aron, co-chairman of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers juvenile justice committee. (snip)

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TwilightGardener

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Wed Jul-25-07 09:58 AM
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1. Trying to think back to being thirteen, I don't recall boys and girls smacking

each other on the ass. I DO remember the bra-strap snap, however. But touching or smacking the derriere seems a little more invasive, somehow. These kids just need a good talking-to about what's appropriate.

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MissB

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Wed Jul-25-07 09:59 AM
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2. Here is a current DU discussion of this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1429515

Down towards the bottom of that discussion, I linked to an article written by The Oregonian, Oregon's largest newspaper. They did a huge print story on Monday. Since then, the prosecutor seems to have backed off. I suspect the case will be further reduced given the local outcry.

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JenniferJuniper

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Wed Jul-25-07 10:02 AM
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3. Quote

"Court papers said the boys touched the buttocks of several girls, some of whom said this made them uncomfortable. The papers also said Cory touched a girl's breasts."

We don't know all the details, of course, be it sounds like a possible sexual assault to me. Passing this sort of behavior off as "boys will be boys" needs to stop if we are ever going stop the escalating violence and sexual abuse against women in this country.

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azmouse

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Wed Jul-25-07 10:02 AM
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4. I heard that the charges against the boys were dropped.

What these boys did was normal behavior for teenaged boys.
A stern talking to about why it's inappropriate should be enough.

I want to know why charges aren't brought against a prosecutor out of control?

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