Supreme Court: University Can Punish Student For Violent Facebook Comments About Cadaver
A note to college students venting on Facebook: You can be punished for violent comments made on the website, even if the target is dead. That's what the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled recently after the University of Minnesota punished a mortuary student for morbid comments about a cadaver.
A note to college students venting on Facebook: You can be punished for violent comments made on the website, even if the target is dead. That’s what the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled recently after the University of Minnesota punished a mortuary student for morbid comments about a cadaver.
According to the Pioneer Press, the Supreme Court declared that the university did not violate the free speech rights of a mortuary student who made violent Facebook posts about a cadaver she was working on in anatomy class.
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