Attorney wants girl’s record to be expunged
A hearing was held Tuesday in federal court regarding the fate of a lawsuit filed on behalf of an 11-year-old middle school student from Detroit, Texas, accused of accessing pornographic material on the Internet.

The case, which first centered around a conflict between the Detroit Independent School District and the girl’s parents regarding whether she should be punished, now involves a question of civil rights and the future of the student’s disciplinary record.

The girl’s attorney, David Carter of the Texarkana firm Mercy, Carter & Tidwell, argued before Judge David Folsom of the Eastern District of Texas that the girl had a right to look at the material in question because the school district gave her permission to access the Internet.

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Last update : 22-11-2007 12:52