ProPublicaAug 10, 2023

Years After Being Ticketed at School for a Theft She Said Never Happened, Former Student Prevails in Court
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Amara Harris declined plea deals and ultimately won a legal fight that dates back to 2019.

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Years After Being Ticketed at School for a Theft She Said Never Happened, Former Student Prevails in Court

Amara Harris declined plea deals and ultimately won a legal fight that dates back to 2019. Now she and her attorneys want to push for statewide reforms.

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Our coverage of Amara's years-long case grew out of our Price Kids Pay series investigating how some Illinois high schools use police to discipline students.

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https://www.propublica.org/series/the-price-kids-pay

The Price Kids Pay

Illinois law bans schools from fining students. But police routinely issue tickets to children for minor misbehavior at school, burdening families with financial penalties.

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@ProPublica Abolish SROs.
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