Teen faces prison after sex doll prank goes awry

[brassmonkey]

the government is turning people into victims a felony?? come on dude!!


INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? When 18-year-old Tyell Morton put a blow-up sex doll in a bathroom stall on the last day of school, he didn't expect school officials to call a bomb squad or that he'd be facing up to eight years in prison and a possible felony record.

The senior prank gone awry has raised questions of race, prosecutorial zeal and the post-Columbine mindset in a small Indiana town and around the country, The Indianapolis Star reported in its Tuesday editions.

Legal experts question the appropriateness of the charges against Morton, and law professor Jonathan Turley at George Washington University posed a wider question about Morton's case on his legal blog.

"The question is what type of society we are creating when our children have to fear that a prank (could) lead them to jail for almost a decade. What type of citizens are we creating who fear the arbitrary use of criminal charges by their government?"

A janitor at Rushville Consolidated High School saw Morton run away from the school May 31, and security footage showed a person in a hooded sweatshirt and gloves entering the school with a package and leaving five minutes later without it, according to court documents.

Administrators feared explosives, so they locked down the school and called police. K9 dogs and a bomb squad searched the building before finding the sex doll.

"We have reviewed this situation numerous times," Rush County Schools Superintendent John E. Williams told the newspaper last week. "When you have an unknown intruder in the building, delivering an unknown package, we come up with the same conclusion. ... We cannot be too cautious, in this day and age."

Morton was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, and institutional criminal mischief, a felony that carries the potential of two to eight years in prison.

"I know there has been plenty of pranks done at that school," said Morton's mother, Cammie Morton. "I went to that school. When I heard what they was charging him for, my heart just dropped."

Joel Schumm, a professor at the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, questioned the validity of the charges.

"Their reaction is understandable, but use the school disciplinary process," he said. "Don't try to label the kid a felon for the rest of his life."

The Rush County Prosecutor Philip J. Caviness told The Associated Press that he doesn't intend to seek a prison term for Morton, but said school officials acted appropriately and that the charges are warranted.

"I'm pretty comfortable with the charges that we've filed," he said.

Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts focused on Morton's case recently in his nationally syndicated column, suggesting that Morton's case was another example of unfair treatment for a black youth without a wealthy family.

Morton's father brushed off that suggestion when Pitts asked him about it, and Morton's mother declined to discuss that point with The Star.

Morton's attorney, Robert Turner, also downplayed race, suggesting that the size of the small blue-collar city an hour southeast of Indianapolis played a role.

"I don't think they do this sort of thing very often," Turner said. "Had this happened in Indianapolis ... they would not have had this kind of charge filed."

Morton's mother said Tyell Morton wants to attend college, but is worried about the case.

"It's stressful for Tyell," Cammie Morton said. "He doesn't know where his life is going to end up. He has been looking ? I'll just put it this way: He's scared."

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[spazlabz]

this quote

"The question is what type of society we are creating when our children have to fear that a prank (could) lead them to jail for almost a decade. What type of citizens are we creating who fear the arbitrary use of criminal charges by their government?"

could not be more spot on

[L-Pink]

Shit .... In my day you would have the gym teacher paddle you and that would be it. Fuck this terrorist label being given to harmless acts. This is what we're teaching our students?

My entire class would have shown up in protest. We're raising a generation of wimps.
.

[kane]

This is just pathetic.

Should they have been cautious? Sure I'll buy that.

Should the kid get in some sort of trouble? Sure, that is the risk you run when you try to do a prank.

Should he go to jail? Hell no. At worst he should be forced to somehow work off the cost of having the police called out there and emergency services dealing with his prank. That way he would be punished and everyone would be happy.

[twistyneck]

I'm going to take a wild guess and assume a negro was involved.

[GregE]

Originally Posted by kane

This is just pathetic.

Should they have been cautious? Sure I'll buy that.

Should the kid get in some sort of trouble? Sure, that is the risk you run when you try to do a prank.

Should he go to jail? Hell no. At worst he should be forced to somehow work off the cost of having the police called out there and emergency services dealing with his prank. That way he would be punished and everyone would be happy.

And there's no way he should forever be precluded from getting a decent job by having a felony on his record

[Coup]

Gee.. I wonder why he's getting time instead of a pat on the back for a prank well done..

[kane]

Originally Posted by GregE

And there's no way he should forever be precluded from getting a decent job by having a felony on his record

agreed 100%

[LedZep]

And these 4 white kids get charged with simple disorderly conduct after sexually assaulting another kid.

http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.co...=2011106210403

[twistyneck]

Originally Posted by Coup

Gee.. I wonder why he's getting time instead of a pat on the back for a prank well done..

He committed a felony. He needs to be locked up, it is too bad that he's only facing 8 years.

[twistyneck]

Originally Posted by GregE

And there's no way he should forever be precluded from getting a decent job by having a felony on his record

I strongly disagree. He's a soon-to-be convicted felon. He CHOSE to throw his future away, not that he had one anyway. Fuck him, he knew what he was doing.

[Coup]

Originally Posted by twistyneck

He committed a felony. He needs to be locked up, it is too bad that he's only facing 8 years.

*smashes keyboard out of rage at your clever troll*

heh

[papill0n]

Originally Posted by twistyneck

I strongly disagree. He's a soon-to-be convicted felon. He CHOSE to throw his future away, not that he had one anyway. Fuck him, he knew what he was doing.

nice try faggot

[AaronM]

Originally Posted by twistyneck

I'm going to take a wild guess and assume a negro was involved.

I'm offended by your remark.

[drmadcat]

Originally Posted by Coup

Gee.. I wonder why he's getting time instead of a pat on the back for a prank well done..

i have dun far worst things than this at school in the uk and apart from being shouted at nothing every happened to me
this is fucking crazy
im white why has every body got a problem with black kids i dont
its the fucking Muslims that are the problem

[AaronM]

Originally Posted by drmadcat

i have dun far worst things than this at school in the uk and apart from being shouted at nothing every happened to me
this is fucking crazy
im white why has every body got a problem with black kids i dont
its the fucking Muslims that are the problem

I'm offended by your very poorly written remarks.

[2MuchMark]

Does anyone know if the Prison he will be going to is privately run?

if it is, now you know why.

[AaronM]

Originally Posted by **********

Does anyone know if the Prison he will be going to is privately run?

if it is, now you know why.

Because he's black?

I'm offended by your suggestion.

[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by AaronM

Because he's black?

I'm offended by your suggestion.

nah, because for profit institutionalization has become big business here in the US and people have made lots of money off of handing out prison time on minor offenses or by adding serious offenses to otherwise minor crimes. Kind of like this;

Morton was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, and institutional criminal mischief, a felony that carries the potential of two to eight years in prison.

A case of corruption due to this process was in the movie Capitalism: A Love Story

[papill0n]

Originally Posted by **********

Does anyone know if the Prison he will be going to is privately run?

if it is, now you know why.

prisons are big business in some us states

[DBS.US]

You know what they say down at the police department,,,

[Joshua G]

seems like district attorneys have gone batshit lately. Massive over-reaching.

Dominique strauss kahn...case getting dismissed once the DA actually looked into it.

Casey anthony - DA goes for murder 1 when they didnt even know how caylee died.

& this bullshit.

[VikingMan]

that kid should get nothing more than a slap on the wrist

[Horny Joe]

Congratulations, USA

[nico-t]

lol... when this would happen when i was in high school noone would make a fuss about it, even teachers etc would have a laugh about it but that would be it.

[Girenr]

twistyneck doesnt like black people

[Babaganoosh]

Originally Posted by Girenr

twistyneck doesnt like black people

Relax. Most people don't.

[brassmonkey]

just think if this happened to you or worse

[PornoMonster]

Originally Posted by twistyneck

I strongly disagree. He's a soon-to-be convicted felon. He CHOSE to throw his future away, not that he had one anyway. Fuck him, he knew what he was doing.

You are STUPID. I bet even the police didn't know of institutional criminal mischief.
He was doing a harmless prank. Just because Big Gov has us so scared that someting might happen.

Welcome to the first person on my ignore. ( I think )

[Rochard]

So an eighteen year old kid concealed his identity to pull off a prank, and the local popo over reacted. The kid did nothing wrong.

[pornguy]

The terrorists won.

Look how we live now.

[_Richard_]

very sad

[CurrentlySober]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

In my day you would have the gym teacher paddle you and that would be it.

In my day, the gym teacher would paddle you regardless, and film it on an 8MM cini-camera...

Lord knows what he did with it, but it was a regular occurrence...

[JamesGw]

I actually feel bad for the kid.

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

ADG

[martinsc]

[baddog]

This was a bomb scare not a sex doll prank.

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by Coup

Gee.. I wonder why he's getting time instead of a pat on the back for a prank well done..

[AmeliaG]

I went to ninth grade in the Middle East. During a war. And I'm pretty thankful my high school wasn't calling in the bomb squad and police every time someone did a silly prank. If they aren't that afraid of bombs in that part of the world, Indiana is seriously delusional to think they have to be like this and ruin a kid's life for nothing.