Anthony E. Caputo, a senior at Milan High School, was arrested October 15th with two felonies because of several comments he posted over Facebook about blowing up a wing at his school. Specifically, his crimes are using the Internet to convey a threat and making a false bomb threat. He was unable to pay the $5,000 bond, and remains in jail as of October 17th.
Should these threats be taken seriously? To an extent, I feel like they should. You can never be positive whether or not a threat is real, and risking innocent lives is hardly something to take lightly. Caputo should indeed be punished, as it makes sense. His comment was unnecessary and enough to strike severe fear into any student or staff member at Milan. Safety is needed to be taken into consideration. However, with that being said, I feel as if his punishment is a heavy one, perhaps more so than needed to be. A minimum of seven years in jail does seem harsh. Yes, he is no longer a minor, and yes, the threat he made could have very well been a true threat he was going to act upon, but for proper judegment you must look to his own story and the person he truly is. His sense of humour could naturally be in apparent ill taste, frustration could be an issue, and much else. Of course, I would need to know him well enough to make a proper judgement. While this isn't precisely as important as the entire case itself, I find it important in a fair conclusion.
A punishment is necessary, yes, but seven years in prison seems a large burden to carry for a comment that was posted out of frustration with PBL. He needs to learn from his mistake himself, not sit as a lesson for future generations.
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Should these threats be taken seriously? To an extent, I feel like they should. You can never be positive whether or not a threat is real, and risking innocent lives is hardly something to take lightly. Caputo should indeed be punished, as it makes sense. His comment was unnecessary and enough to strike severe fear into any student or staff member at Milan. Safety is needed to be taken into consideration. However, with that being said, I feel as if his punishment is a heavy one, perhaps more so than needed to be. A minimum of seven years in jail does seem harsh. Yes, he is no longer a minor, and yes, the threat he made could have very well been a true threat he was going to act upon, but for proper judegment you must look to his own story and the person he truly is. His sense of humour could naturally be in apparent ill taste, frustration could be an issue, and much else. Of course, I would need to know him well enough to make a proper judgement. While this isn't precisely as important as the entire case itself, I find it important in a fair conclusion.
A punishment is necessary, yes, but seven years in prison seems a large burden to carry for a comment that was posted out of frustration with PBL. He needs to learn from his mistake himself, not sit as a lesson for future generations.
For a similar incident check out this article
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