In 2003, in Waller County, Tex., the district attorney wrote a column in a local newspaper threatening to prosecute students at Prairie View A&M, a historically black university, for illegal voting.
Just this month, civil rights groups sued a Texas district attorney who threatened, in violation of the law, to prosecute students at Prairie View A&M University, a predominantly black school, if they register using their school addresses.
It said key details remained unclear about the implications of schools trying to prosecute students over false allegations.
Although truancy is considered a crime under state law, it's up to the school districts how to prosecute students.
In August, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Kenny's behalf challenging the South Carolina law that allows the state to prosecute students for disrupting school.
If, for example, a gay student happens to kill himself as a result of bullying, the parents of that student wouldn't be able to prosecute those students that bullied their child because they can claim that they were protecting their religious freedoms and their actions are then protected under the law.
The district attorney wrote to parents of at least 16 students, who either owned the confiscated phones or appeared in the photos, threatening to prosecute the students on child pornography charges.
Instead of bombing targets in Afghanistan, these students suggest prosecuting Osama bin Laden and other terrorism suspects through an international war tribunal.
The government will consider prosecuting students who avoid repaying their student loans, the universities minister has said.
Officials said they would defer prosecuting Mr. Foral, a student in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, if he completes a pretrial program, possibly involving community service.
It took a critical stance when the university repeatedly called the police and prosecuted its own students for protesting (some of the cases are still ongoing).
