City prosecutor wants to put kid in jail punish kid for refreshing webpages

By at 4:18 pm Friday, Jan 6

Danny O'Brien says: "Kid in Canton, Ohio puts up a webpage telling his friends to go to their school website, and hit refresh. Now the local prosecutor wants to charge him with a felony and threatens him with jail time." Link

Reader comment: Jason Roos says: "It is interesting to see how facts can get distorted when they are quoted and then re-quoted. The original article says: 'But, prosecutors say community service is more likely and disciplinary action from the school,' yet your headline for this post says, 'City prosecutor wants to put kid in jail...'

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