[True_Moose]

Well, I'll start off by saying that this guy has approximately the common sense of a piece of toilet paper. Everybody knows that things like this, kill lists, all those bad things are not allowed. I mean seriously, our school has a kid in it who was expelled from elsewhere for making death threats. It is a well known fact that writing stupid stuff like that can get you in serious disciplinary trouble. Also, the school has a right to restrict free speech. You can't bring in a story about explicit sexual activity, nor of extreme violence, in most schools. It is their prerogative to ban/limit the literary content in the schools. As such, I agree with the suspension.

But a felony charge? That's absolutely ridiculous, IMHO. Felonies are for things like stockpiling weapons and violent crime. This kid needs a good kick in the arse, not jail time. This is one of those cases where it should be about changing the kid - he should have known his writings were unacceptable. But since he didn't, and he's young, why not teach him the errors of his ways? Maybe give him some courses in creative writing. This kid obviously has a bit of potential (I guess the story was halfway decent, to attract this kind of attention.) Felony charges are not the answer - lock him up and forget about it? Suspend this kid, ground him, yell at him, even spank him for all I care, but putting him in prison is a lazy, ineffective solution.

I wonder how much air time the prosecutor's getting...