Tyell Morton, 18, was arrested on a preliminary charge of felony criminal mischief after he admitted to taking the doll to school. He said it was meant to be a senior prank.
"I'm facing eight years for a doll, a plastic doll," Morton said. "I didn't put anybody's name on it, nothing. Now I'm a terrorist for a prank gone wrong. It's life-changing. It's traumatizing."
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The family's attorney, Robert Turner, said the charge is excessive. "It's interesting that had he gone to school with a gun, there would've been a lesser charge. It would've been a Class D felony with up to three years," he said. Morton has since been released on bail. He is banned from school property and will miss his graduation ceremony.
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That is so insane it sounds impossible.
I'm missing a point, viz.: what was the point of the blow-up doll?
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Insane is the word that first came to my mind, too.
Poor kid. This is just ludicrous.
Reading this I am embarassed to be an American. I agree with Cath: Poor kid.
This child is facing 8yrs for bringing blow up betsy doll to school, but people go to jail for only 10yrs for murder!!!!!!! Am I the only one confused here????
Well, hopefully whatever judge or jury tries this case will see that the charge is ludicrous and trumped-up, and that the penalty for being found guilty of it would be disproportionate to the offense, and will throw it out. Sad that the kid has to sit in jail and miss his graduation in the meantime, though.
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