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Ingraham vs Wright Presentation
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Supreme Court's Decision.
- The Supreme Court decided that this punishment did not apply to a student who misbehaved, so in this case, Willie J. Wright won and can still swat students as a punishment, but the Supreme Court said that teachers have to be more careful.
- Ever since that incident, 28 states have banned any corporal punishment in any schools of the state.
Ingraham vs Wright
Amendment Information
- The amendment that was said to be broken was Amendment 8, and the violated rights were "no cruel or unusual rights shall be used to punish an individual."
Arguments for both sides of the Case.
- In Ingraham's argument, he said that his Amendment 8 rights "no cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted as punishments" were violated.
- In Wright's argument, he stated that if Ingraham didn't want to be punished, he should have not being disrespectful towards the teacher's lesson or interrupting the class.
Background.
- Ingraham vs Wright's case happened in 1977 in the state of Florida, and the Principal who swatted James Ingraham is named Willie J. Wright.
- Ingraham's injuries were so bad from the 20 swats, that he had to be absent from school and taken to the hospital and stay there for 10 days.
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