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Michigan Teen Jailed for Failing to Complete Online School Work Removed from Probation

HeadlineAug 12, 2020

A Michigan judge has closed the case against a 15-year-old African American student who had been sent to a juvenile jail in May after she failed to complete her schoolwork online. The girl, who is known simply as Grace, was released from custody in July and has now been removed from probation.

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