A Houston-area teenager has been jailed and fined for missing school by a judge who hopes to make an example of her. 17-year-old Diane Tran is working two jobs while taking advanced placement and dual credit courses at Willis High School in Willis, Texas. Some mornings, she is simply too exhausted to make it to school on time. Some days she misses classes altogether. She was warned by Judge Lanny Moriarty in April not to miss any more school. When she missed school again last week, he sentenced her to 24 hours behind bars and a $100 fine. “If you let one of ‘em run loose, what are you gon’ do with the rest of ‘em, let them go too?” the judge offered as justification. Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/26/judge-sends-honor-student-to-jail-for-missing-school/ This is absolutely wrong. We cannot work our youth to the bone and expect them to remain passionate, motivated and productive in the future. FREE DIANE TRAN.

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