Via KHOU-11/Huffington Post: “Diane Tran, a 17-year-old honor student in Texas, was forced to spend the night in jail last week after missing too many classes, KHOU-11’s Sherry Williams reports. The Willis High School junior, who helps support two siblings, has both a full time and part-time job. She said that she’s often too tired to go to school…”.* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks.
*Read more from Timothy Stenovec: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/27/diane-tran-honors-student-jailed-texas-high-school-truancy_n_1549160.html
Update – Tran will have conviction erased from record: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlcE3d-u3XU
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