October 11, 2002

8:13 PM

UPDATE Father speaks despite gag order. Jack Stratton was sentenced to 30 days in jail today (no link yet - but all over the radio). This story first posted here involves a two-year struggle between big government and the little guy.
posted by Macboy (8 comments total)

it's getting hard to care about a story that doesn't have any details and doesn't seem to be evolving. you posted the same info yesterday (or was it the day before?) how about we wait until we have something to discuss before we discuss it?¯
posted by alpha60 at 8:54 PM on October 11, 2002

just re-read that and i relize maybe what i said was vague. what i mean is, we have no idea what the charges are, so it's hard to say much about it except, "poor couple. wonder what they did?"d
posted by alpha60 at 8:56 PM on October 11, 2002

Yeah: lets just add to the original ( I just went to the thread from yesterday: I would say the update coulda gone there, meself.)
posted by dash_slot- at 9:06 PM on October 11, 2002

10.
10 kids.
Having kids without having a plan to support them is neglect in my book.
But so is dumping them into the labyrinth of social services that they'll no doubt be wandering through over the next few years.
posted by 2sheets at 9:10 PM on October 11, 2002

Breaking NewsFilter - lets post the ever so important NEWS even before there's links, but by god we posted first!
posted by DBAPaul at 9:23 PM on October 11, 2002

Stop the presses! Calling all cars!

How did this happen: "involves a two-year struggle between big government and the little guy."

Wasn't this peppy little news piece about parental neglect?
posted by hama7 at 11:45 PM on October 11, 2002

Well said, 2sheets.
posted by mischief at 1:40 AM on October 12, 2002

hmmmm... why haven't we heard the whole story?

Oh, that's right. There's a gag order on the case. By violating it, Stratton has been able to say pretty much whatever he likes without the prosecution saying otherwise.
posted by ph00dz at 6:51 AM on October 12, 2002