This will make you sick.

[Johnboy60]

Student sentenced to vomit cleanup.

OLATHE, Kansas (AP) -- A high school student convicted of battery for vomiting on his Spanish teacher has been ordered to spend the next four months cleaning up after people who throw up in police cars.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/07/27/vomit.battery.ap/index.html

 

[tqpix]

The student deserved his punishment.

 

[Wildwood]

The news story says that it was the last day of class when he handed in his textbook, two students testified that he told them he did it intentionally, and the teacher testified the young man made no attempt to avoid vomiting on him. The Court had the opportunity to evaluate the credibility of all the witnesses. So it seems there's sufficient evidence to support finding he did it intentionally, which would be battery (intentional, offensive contact).

Is it a cruel and unusual punishment? It didn't say he would be prohibited from wearing rubber gloves or a respiratory mask, so it doesn't seem calculated to cause him any physical harm. Community service, in general, is common. And, hospital and nursing home staff clean up vomit every day. So, it seems reasonable to conclude that it was not cruel and unusual punishment.

 

[Quijote]

This is great punishment that definitely "fits" the crime!

Kudos to the judge.

 

[whitmorris]

I give the judge 2 thumbs up. We need more judges like him in this world.

 

[HeyHomie]

Good.


"Right back at ya!" kind of sentencing. I hope the kid learns his lesson.