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Daughter fails math test, so dad thrown in jail
WorldNutDaily ^ | 11 May 2008 | Staff Writer

Posted on 05/12/2008 12:49:06 PM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

A northern Kentucky man is in jail today – serving a 180-day sentence – because his 18-year-old daughter failed a math test and didn't get her General Equivalency Diploma, or GED, as a previous court order required.

Brittany Gegner, the daughter, says if anyone should be jailed, it should be her.

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Butler County Juvenile Court Judge David Niehaus ordered Gegner to jail for contributing to the delinquency of a minor by not following a court order which required Gegner to be sure his daughter got her GED.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: judicialtyrants; stupidjudges
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To: Lazamataz
"Rocket Surgeon"??
21 posted on 05/12/2008 1:11:37 PM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (Global Warming Heretic -- http://agw-heretic.blogspot.com)
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To: TLI
From the article:

Court administrators say that even though Brittany is an adult now, the case remains active in their court because she was a juvenile when the problems started.

22 posted on 05/12/2008 1:12:36 PM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: Yo-Yo

the only reason that area between 18 and 21 is grey is because the judicial system makes it up as it goes along...you can fight for your country at 18 without a parents consent....minor girls can get abortions without a parents consent or knowledge...but don’t follow a court order at 18 and the parent goes to jail....i’m not buying it....


23 posted on 05/12/2008 1:13:18 PM PDT by tatsinfla
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To: Lazamataz

I really like the angle you put on this whole thing. It made it very plane to understand. I was not sure about the others going round and round in circles over the finer points. You have intersected the discourse with rays of light.


24 posted on 05/12/2008 1:13:35 PM PDT by RachelFaith (Doing NOTHING... about the illegals already here IS Amnesty !!)
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To: Lazamataz

...and you’ve only summed up a fraction of the problem!


25 posted on 05/12/2008 1:13:52 PM PDT by woollyone (entropy extirpates evolution and conservation confirms the Creator blessed forever.)
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To: Constitutionalist Conservative

Glad you caught that. T’was intentional. ;^)


26 posted on 05/12/2008 1:14:16 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Secondhand Aztlan Smoke causes drug addiction obesity in global warming cancer immigrant terrorists.)
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To: Lazamataz
Rocket surgeon. Good 'un.
27 posted on 05/12/2008 1:15:43 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
There's a lot of missing information — but, from what is written in the article; the sentence seems ludicrous.

What powers did the father actually have over the girl — especially when she was living with her mother? Suppose he tried to use corporal punishment to enforce curfews and study time — what charges would he then be facing? Suppose he tried to prevent the girl from visiting her mother — would the courts have tolerated that? Suppose he tried to “lay down the law” with the mother, regarding the girl's behaviour — would the courts have tolerated that?

Why is is assumed that everyone can pass the GED? If just anyone can get a GED — simply because they're told they have to — what does that say about the actual value of the GED? The GED is used as an entrance requirement for a lot of advanced training programs — what good is it, if it doesn't filter out people who can't learn these skills?

28 posted on 05/12/2008 1:21:53 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Lazamataz

Yes ... but you have make sure that you square it with everyone ...


29 posted on 05/12/2008 1:22:28 PM PDT by clamper1797 (It would be insane to vote for Hussein)
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To: clamper1797

Once I saw a local guy pull his 5 kids outta public school, try homeschooling. After 5-6 years, kids couldn’t pass benchmarks, so state threatened to prosecute parents over all the money, computers, services, supplies they had given them for homeschooling. Father sent them back to public school; everything was dropped. Kids were in high school, didn’t know times tables or basic math; and no social skills. I know vast majority homeschoolers do a great job, but the state legally does goes after the few who don’t. Must be more to this case too.


30 posted on 05/12/2008 1:25:16 PM PDT by Eska
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To: tatsinfla
the only reason that area between 18 and 21 is grey is because the judicial system makes it up as it goes along...you can fight for your country at 18 without a parents consent....minor girls can get abortions without a parents consent or knowledge...but don’t follow a court order at 18 and the parent goes to jail....i’m not buying it....

Yeah, something about that doesn't fit the associative, distributive, and commutative properties of math. ;-)

-PJ

31 posted on 05/12/2008 1:27:51 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Around 70% of all high school students in DC and Baltimore are dropouts. Let's just incarcerate all the parents. That will solve the problem./s
32 posted on 05/12/2008 1:31:57 PM PDT by khnyny (Hillary is the national equivalent of Tracy Flick)
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To: CDFingers

Village of idiots... why hasn’t the local country-folk there in Kentucky taken this judge out and hanged him yet????


33 posted on 05/12/2008 1:32:54 PM PDT by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Please visit for latest on DPRK/Russia/China/et al.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
As long as he's caucasian, no problem. if he's non-caucasion then this is clearly another blatant episode of genocide committed by the lily-white racist oppressors.
34 posted on 05/12/2008 1:34:57 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Hussein Obama for Caliph 2008!)
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To: tatsinfla

I’m sure whatever infraction caused the court to order the Father to make sure she got her GED happened when she was a juvenile.. since he failed in that order, he goes to jail.

I’m sure the order to get her her GED or go to Jail were the terms of the original sentence.


35 posted on 05/12/2008 1:36:08 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Lazamataz

I saw her interview on Fox and she was actually quite articulate, admitting she was quite immature and now trying to improve her life.


36 posted on 05/12/2008 1:38:16 PM PDT by Rennes Templar ( Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

WorldNutDaily? Is that typo or you really mean WND.Com articles are nutty?


37 posted on 05/12/2008 1:38:19 PM PDT by hamboy
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To: Tamar1973

She knew what the court order decreed yet she still didn’t do what was necessary so I’d say your theory is incorrect. She doesn’t give a rat’s ass about anyone but herself.


38 posted on 05/12/2008 1:38:44 PM PDT by visualops (artlife.us . nature photography desktop wallpapers)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Any lawyers out there? How does this pass Due Process muster? He is being put in jail for someone else’s actions over which he had/has no control. That CAN’T be legal, can it?


39 posted on 05/12/2008 1:44:57 PM PDT by piytar
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
The original news story is here:

http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=28d2acca-9947-44cc-8831-9859f1f6137e

40 posted on 05/12/2008 1:46:14 PM PDT by Abby4116
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