Any Wonder We Have an Over-Incarceration Problem?
We – the collective we that is, which somehow does not include me – we have lost our minds.
Man jailed when daughter fails to get diploma
CINCINNATI (AP) — A man ordered by a judge to make sure his daughter hit the books has found himself in jail because she failed to earn a high school equivalency diploma.
Brian Gegner, of Fairfield, was sentenced last week to 180 days in jail for contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a minor.
He was ordered months ago to make sure his 18-year-old daughter Brittany Gegner, who has a history of truancy, received her GED — something that hasn't happened yet.
Brittany Gegner, who said Monday that she plans to take a required GED test this month, said her father shouldn't be blamed for her failure because she has been living with her mother.
There’s so much about this story that I don’t understand – it happened in Ohio, not my area of expertise, so to speak – that I tried to Snopes this, and otherwise de-verify it, or figure out that it was a practical joke. The story itself that is.
But no, it’s all over the blogs, this is from an actual AP story.
Honestly, I don’t know what’s wrong with us.
