WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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Did the school do the right thing? Can they force something to be deleted in the way this was?

A special needs teenager who recorded classmates tormenting him is accused of breaking the law and violating the bullies' right to privacy. Is this a case of school administrators punishing the victim?

A high school sophomore was convicted of a crime after the boy recorded his tormentors on an iPad. Christian Stanfield was forced to erase the clip by administrators who called police. He initially faced a felony charge of wiretapping, which later was reduced to disorderly conduct. A judge found him guilty.

Stanfield's mother, Shea Love, heard the seven-minute clip before it was erased and told KDKA: “Pulling his pants down and some things I can’t repeat. Laughing and cutting up like it was a big joke.”

Stanfield and Love are challenging the district's actions and want his conviction thrown out.

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