Poll of the Day > This 13 y/o BLIND Illinois Kid faces 3 YEARS in PRISON for RECORDING People!!!

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13 y/o Paul Boron, a student at Manteno Middle School from Illinois is facing 3 YEARS in PRISON after being charged with felony eavesdropping after he admitted to secretly recording a conversation between himself and 2 school administrators in a PRIVATE conversation!!

He was summoned earlier this year by Principal David Conrad to discuss his multiple absences from detention as Vice Principal Nathan Short was also there.

He said he began recording them with his phone as he made his way there and said he began arguing with the 2 teachers while the door remained open to the hallway.

Following the heated battle, he said he recorded the entire exchange where David said that Paul was committing a felony by doing this which eventually lead to the County Assistant State's Attorney Office to file charges against him.

He's being prosecuted as a juvenile and is charged with 1 count of eavesdropping, a class 4 felony in Illinois which is the lowest felony designation that CAN include prison between 1-3 years and a 25,000 fine.

He lives with his mother and 4 siblings, an hour southwest from Chicago who sais the prosecutor is "going too far" and said "If i do go to court and get wrongfully convicted, my whole life is r uined"

His mother, Leah McNally agrees and said this will ruin his future. She stated "It blew my mind that they would take it that far..i want to see him able to be happy and live up to his full potential in life, especially with the disability he has"...Paul is LEGALLY BLIND in ONE EYE!!

This raises the concerns on the state's eavesdropping law as critics say it is absurd where only 12 states require the consent of every party to a phone call or conversation to make recoreding lawful.

California, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Nevada, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Pennsylvania and Washington are the states that says it has to be a 2 party consent

Republican Governor Bruce Rauner passed a bill to make it a felony to record "private conversations" between 2 people unless both party agrees..

But what is "reasonable" expectation of privacy is where the line is drawn as it remains unanswered on what is private and what isn't.

Do you think it should be illegal to secretly record a conversation between you and another person/people?

Paul - Facing Prison

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/24/00/4D92069A00000578-0-image-a-1_1529794955668.jpg

David Conrad - Principal

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/24/00/4D9206AE00000578-0-image-a-10_1529795015743.jpg

Nathan Short - VP

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/24/00/4D92114C00000578-0-image-m-9_1529795010941.jpg

Jim Rowe - State Attorney

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/24/00/4D9206AA00000578-0-image-m-22_1529795360861.jpg

School -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/24/00/4D9206A600000578-0-image-a-12_1529795166480.jpg
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What's the context of the conversations?

He doesn't look blind to me.
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If anything recording something an administrator says should be on public record, with people recording to verify accuracy.
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If the door to the hallway remained open there is no expectation of privacy. Anyone could be strolling past and hear what is being said.
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No, lol that's crazy. A school is public place, no one owns any of it, so they don't really have any legal privacy. Same if the people are at a park or something. If the dude broke in their house and recorded them walking to their spouse, then yes, that would be bad, but recording a conversation a school might be considered a dick move, in should not be illegal at all.
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Full Throttle posted...

He said he began recording them with his phone as he made his way there and said he began arguing with the 2 teachers while the door remained open to the hallway.

If the door is open then this stops the conversation being private.
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