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rewilAbout 2 a.m. one sleepless night, sophomore Jordan Nott checked himself into George Washington University Hospital.
He was depressed, he said, and thinking about suicide.
Within a day and a half of arriving there, he got a letter from a GWU administrator saying his "endangering behavior" violated the code of student conduct. He faced possible suspension and expulsion from school, the letter said, unless he withdrew and deferred the charges while he got treatment.
In the meantime, he was barred from campus.
Niiiiiice.
He was depressed, he said, and thinking about suicide.
Within a day and a half of arriving there, he got a letter from a GWU administrator saying his "endangering behavior" violated the code of student conduct. He faced possible suspension and expulsion from school, the letter said, unless he withdrew and deferred the charges while he got treatment.
In the meantime, he was barred from campus.
Niiiiiice.
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From a Kansas City Scar article on speeding tickets.
A computer analysis of the court’s records at that time showed that of roughly 30,000 defective-equipment pleas granted last year, nearly 250 defendants in Kansas City received three or more defective-equipment pleas. One driver received as many as six....
Most tickets reduced to defective-equipment pleas were for speeding, roughly 21,000 tickets.
But defective-equipment charges issued for vehicles that actually had broken or improperly working equipment were filed only 54 times. That means that only .00169 percent of the defective-equipment pleas in the Municipal Court last year were based on fact.
Still not as bad as the space shuttle travelling at 18 times the speed of light, but....
A computer analysis of the court’s records at that time showed that of roughly 30,000 defective-equipment pleas granted last year, nearly 250 defendants in Kansas City received three or more defective-equipment pleas. One driver received as many as six....
Most tickets reduced to defective-equipment pleas were for speeding, roughly 21,000 tickets.
But defective-equipment charges issued for vehicles that actually had broken or improperly working equipment were filed only 54 times. That means that only .00169 percent of the defective-equipment pleas in the Municipal Court last year were based on fact.
Still not as bad as the space shuttle travelling at 18 times the speed of light, but....
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