Student Protester Acquitted

A jury today acquitted the first Texas high school student who went to trial after being cited for disrupting class in March during protests against federal immigration legislation. The jury of three men and three women found 15-year-old Irvin DeLuna not guilty of the Class C misdemeanor violation after deliberating about an hour and 20 minutes. DeLuna was one of more than 100 Round Rock High School students who marched to Stony Point High School and back on March 31 in protest of the proposed immigration legislation. Stony Point High School students had marched to Round Rock High School in protest the day before. Round Rock police issued 204 citations to students following the second day of student protests. Some students were charged with violating the city’s daytime curfew, disrupting class or both. Since then, 49 cases of curfew violation were dismissed by Round Rock Municipal Court Judge Dan McNery at the prosecutor’s request. Other students pleaded guilty in exchange for fines and community service.   For the full story, click http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/11/04/4STUDENT.html

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