INGRAHAM V. WRIGHT (1977)
JAMES INGRAHAM, A 14 YEAR OLD EIGHTH GRADER AT DREW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN MIAMI, WAS TAKEN TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AFTER A TEACHER ACCUSED HIM OF BEING ROWDY IN THE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. THE PRINCIPAL DECIDED TO GIVE HIM FIVE SWATS WITH A PADDLE, BUT JAMES SAID THAT HE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG AND REFUSED TO BE PUNISHED. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY HELD DOWN WHILE THE PRINCIPAL GAVE HIM 20 SWATS. WHILE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT WAS PERMITTED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, JAMES SUFFERED BRUISES THAT KEPT HIM OUT OF SCHOOL FOR 10 DAYS AND HE HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. JAMES AND HIS MOTHER SUED THE PRINCIPAL AND OTHER SCHOOL OFFICIALS, CLAIMING THE PADDLING VIOLATED 8TH AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS AGAINST "CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS."
[HOW DO YOU THINK THE SUPREME COURT RULED ON THIS CASE?] [WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS ON CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?]
posted by Mr. Turk at 9:53 PM
54 Comments:
they should have went with the school on that on
8:20 AM
first of all that is some funny stuff secondly i think congress went on the childs side and third how are you gonna hit him 20 times with a paddle.if i was him i would of ran.
8:21 AM
i agree and i would have ran home
8:21 AM
I think they ruled in favor of the mother and the kid. I don't belive inpeople getting corporal punishment by people who aren't their parents.
8:23 AM
i think the court ruled for the kid. corporal punishment is muffed up. i would have punched the principal 20 times
8:26 AM
THE BOY SHOULD HAVE WON THAT HE AHD TO MISS HIS EDUCATION JUST FOR SOME DUMB TEACHER......BUT SCHOOLS THESE DAYS ARE SO THIRSTY TO GET U IN TROUBLE THEY NEVER THINK OF THE OUTCOME
8:27 AM
i am going with the kid on this one if i was to get hit wit that paddle i would not have of been the only one that got beat
8:27 AM
i think they ruled on be half of the parent and the boy. i dont beleive in corpal punishment at school. what i would havedone if somebody would have hit me we would have had to fight.
8:28 AM
they should do it cuz that means the parents arent doing there job agreed? agreed.
8:30 AM
I think that the supreme court most def. should have handed this case to james and his mother because thats just wrong.... WHAT IN THE WORLD was the principal thinking ? SHOOOOOOOOT I believe that vorporal punishment is teribly wrong.... Man Mr. Turk this case makes me want to cuss Serously i dont know what i would have done i would have torn that school apart in court i wish someone would do that to my child...
8:30 AM
they ruled for the kid.
i dont believe in it because shouldnt no other adult beside your family be able to put their hands on you for no reason and if you havent done anything to deserve it.if i was his mother i would of done the same thing because that whole thing was crazy
8:32 AM
i think the mother and child. i dont think that it is right to be doing that. i wouldnt have let them do that to me.
8:34 AM
I think that was so wrong because if he had did do something they should never gave him 20 swats because its not the principal job to swats student. I would of had call his mother,
8:38 AM
they should have went with the school.. you cant hit a kid with a paddle a max of 20 times... shoo i would have ran too!!!!!
8:59 AM
school was the proper lead in this case
8:59 AM
they should rule with the school, u cant hold somone down
9:02 AM
how did it go from 5 swats to 20 swats......the school is in trouble
9:03 AM
how did it go from 5 swats to 20 swats......the school is in trouble
9:04 AM
good.it shouldn't exist anymore. the same thing the principal did
9:08 AM
i agree
9:11 AM
the principal should be fired and charged with abuse
9:11 AM
I think they ruled for the mother. i would've either ran away or tried to fight back
9:13 AM
I think the courts ruling was good. My opinion is that there shouldn't be corporal punishment. I wouldn't have hit the kid because i wouldn't want to get sued.
9:15 AM
The supreme court ruled in favor of him. Corporal punishment is wrong.
9:15 AM
the school shouldnt have done that cause, we really dont need tt people act silly all day
9:16 AM
heck yea dat was the right thing to do my mom an i aint gone let nobody but her put a paddle to my behind lol
9:19 AM
they went with the kid and his parents because that is crul and unusal punshiment
9:21 AM
im not sure and it wuz wrong 4 the teacher to put his handz on a student
9:22 AM
i would of ran home
9:24 AM
i would feel bad for the principal if he did that to me he would be more hurt then i was
9:25 AM
I think that they should have went with the school on that one.
9:26 AM
I think they ruled in favor of da parents but personally had that been me i would busted dat principal over da head wit a monkey wrench or something if he was tryna hit me and i aint do nothin man this world crazy
9:28 AM
they ruled for the kids. this stuff is funny
10:34 AM
I think the principle should be fired for cruel and unusal punishment...there is no good reason to beat him with anything for just being roudy.
10:50 AM
the poeple cause u ain't surposed to him kids
10:50 AM
the court ruled in James's favor because that was cruel and unusual punishment on the school's part
10:50 AM
that was cruel i think they ruled in the boys favor.i dont think corporal punisment is good i would have sued also
10:51 AM
i think that was wrong the prinicpal had no right to do that and he should be fined or put in prison for beating him
10:52 AM
I agree with his mother no kid should be beated,they could've let his mother deal with the situation
10:53 AM
O hell naw that's a no no u don't put u'r hands on any bodies child! If there's a problem then u need 2 let their parents kno so that they could have hndled it!
10:54 AM
you don,t hit no bodies kids
10:55 AM
They ruled in favor of the mother
11:00 AM
thye should frle in favor of the mom!
11:01 AM
i think they ruled with the school, think that is nit righ for some other person not your mother or father shold put they hand on your child. because if it was me i would have not took the puniment any way
11:02 AM
even knowing the school allowed paddling as a consequence i shouldnt be allowed to bruise a child and he should have never been hit so hard that he needed medical attention
12:21 PM
the in favor of ingraham because they hadno right to beat him.
12:21 PM
i agreewith the boy and his parent that was cruel andunusual
12:21 PM
he is doing to get hella money
12:25 PM
i disagree i wouldnt of ran
12:25 PM
Well I believe that the principal should not have swat him because i would have punched him in the face.. And he would have the bruises.
12:34 PM
the courts had better have ruled in favor of the kid, 20 swats with a paddle is like child abuse even to parents come on now...paddle...20 times...its a mirical this kid is still walking
12:38 PM
they didnt rule. I think hat they done what completely wrong and hey should of never hit him like that, i would of gave him a detention.
12:40 PM
I think corporal punishment sux because the kids have no choice but get whipped
12:45 PM
I DONT THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEATEN HIM WITH THAT PADDLE THAT MANY TIMES I ALSO THINK THAT THEY SHOULD GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN WHAT WENT ON.........BUT I DONT THINK THEY SHOULD HAEV DID THAT THEY KEPT HIM OUT OF HIS EDUCATION
12:22 PM
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