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Zombies in Kentucky?....Or Not?

Discussion in 'Alley of Dangerous Angles' started by Cernak, Apr 8, 2005.

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    "William Poole, a high school junior from Kentucky, was taken into custody and charged with threatening to commit second-degree-felony terrorism for writing a story about a horde of zombies who wreak havoc in a school. It seems the boy's grandparents had been reading his journal, found a story he'd been writing...and turned him in. According to a police detective, 'Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function, it's a felony in the state of Kentucky.'...a judge raised Poole's bond from $1000 to $5000 after prosecutors requested it, citing the seriousness of the charge."

    --Patricia J. Williams, "The Nation"
    March 28, 2005

    An odd case, and apparently a serious violation of civil liberties. Can you really be busted and charged with a felony for writing a story? Is it illegal to possess "matter involving a school" in Kentucky? (Does this include yearbooks? Pin-ups of the cheerleaders?) So I did some looking, and found there was a little more to the story than the report Ms. Williams heard on NPR.

    There apparently are no zombies. This is something Poole claimed in a local TV interview after his arrest. The "stories" did depict massive violence in the local school, and depicted the recruitment of a "gang" to carry it out. Police are questioning seven or eight students they think Poole may have tried to recruit; results, if any, not given.

    On the other hand, police detectives, in their testimony to the court, have invariably referred to Poole's journal entries as "stories". What the "stories" actually say may never be known, for the judge in the case has ordered the journal sealed. Perhaps one of them is about a troubled adolescent who writes a story about his fantasies, and is thrown into jail after his grandparents read it. Naah! Too far-fetched!
     
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