A woman charged in connection to a police officer being hit by a stolen truck back in April has learned her punishment. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Man learns sentence after hitting officer with truck during traffic stop Diamond Grody, 29, was granted the intervention in lieu of a conviction by Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Mary […]
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Parents sue Tennessee governor and school district, claiming kids were punished after officials misinterpreted state statute
Two families have filed a federal lawsuit against Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Williamson County School District, claiming their middle school kids were arrested, strip-searched, placed in solitary confinement, forced to undergo evaluations and placed on house arrest after officials misinterpreted a Tennessee statute and claimed that conversations between peers were “threats of mass […]
Tourist Punished for Defacing Ancient Roman Wall
Italy is home to countless ancient Roman ruins and pieces of history, but they aren’t immune to destruction today. In the latest instance of a visitor vandalism, a remnant of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius was defaced by a Dutch tourist just outside Naples. Herculaneum, like its bigger sibling Pompeii, was covered in ash and […]
Manhattan DA’s office won’t be punished for document dump that delayed start of Trump criminal trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors won’t be penalized for a last-minute document dump that caused former President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial to start later than scheduled, a judge ruled Thursday. Judge Juan M. Merchan rejected the defense’s request that prosecutors be sanctioned for a deluge of nearly 200,000 pages of evidence just […]
Can people be punished for not having a home?
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — As the price of housing goes up, so does the number of people living on the streets. According to HUD, as of 2023 there were over 650,000 people experiencing homelessness. But depending on a pending Supreme Court ruling, those same people could be punished for having nowhere else to go. Supreme […]
Former NFL star called ‘slumlord’ punished in Cleveland: I-Team
CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team has found a former football star ordered to fix up a rundown apartment building in Cleveland. Last week, the law director in Cleveland called Manti Te’o a slum landlord a housing court judge sentenced him Thursday. The judge ordered Te’o to make repairs at a building owned by […]
Father punished kids with cattle prod, Ohio cops say. ‘Never seen anything like this’
Police said an Ohio father is accused of using a cattle prod on two of his children for “disciplinary purposes,” according to reports. The 34-year-old man from Florence Township, Ohio, was arrested March 13 following an investigation into reports of abuse, the Sandusky Register reported. McClatchy News is not naming the suspect to protect the […]
Training an animal? An ethicist explains how and why your dog − but not your frog − can be punished
People talk to their pets every day: offering praise when they’re good, reassurance when they’re confused and affection when they’re cuddling. We also speak to animals when they misbehave. “Why did you do that?” someone might ask their dog. Or we might scold the cat – “Don’t touch that!” – as we move a family […]
Mother of a child punished by a court for urinating in public refuses to sign probation terms
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 10-year-old child who was sentenced by a Mississippi judge to three months of probation and a book report for urinating in public has refused to sign his probation agreement and has asked for the charge against her son to be dismissed, the family’s attorney announced Tuesday. The […]