[Itzlzha]

chugging shots of Jagermeister liqueur

...and the way you can ascertain what they were really drinking from website photos is .... ???

Well, not having seen the photot, let me speculate:

The pics may have shown these "perps" posing with shot glasses and holding a bottle of Jaegermeister up proudly.

Now, the Judge's sentence specifically; "[a]s a condition of their probation, he [Judge] ordered them not to drink and to avoid places where alcohol is served or consumed.

His computer screen showed Meerschaert, Senopole and some of the other students who had appeared before him in court — making obscene gestures, chugging shots of Jagermeister liqueur, posing with beer cans stacked nearly to the ceiling and vomiting into toilets."

The perps TOOK PICTURES of their criminal violation of their probation!

They pled Guilty to the charges when brought back in to Court!

Your argument is specious. Excuse denied!

Next?

[samtheman]

you didn't read my other posts

i already agreed with all that

your ignorance is excused

[samtheman]

make that:

your impatient, flying-off-the-handle, look-before-you-leap ignorance is excused

[Turbopilot]

...and the way you can ascertain what they were really drinking from website photos is .... ???

You can't, really, of course, although depending on what exactly was in the photo, you can certainly make a reasonable inference.

It was unnecessary in this case, though, as the first girl the judge brought in chose to try to represent herself, and freely told the judge not only everything he needed to hang her on a probation violation, but to hang her friends (who at least had the intelligence to get lawyers) as well. The "weepy confessional" defense got her the longest sentence.