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Ferris Bueller Wannabe Faces 38 Years - Changing His Grades

gizmodo.com — 18-yo student Omar Khan, charged with 69 felony counts — after allegedly getting into Tesoro High School's computers to change his grades from C, D & F grades to As and Bs, He watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off & War Games 5,405 times— The Matthew Broderick wannabe was not very subtle, though, leaving a trail the size of the Exxon Valdez's oil spill.

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  • Pottypotsworth, on 06/20/2008, -6/+184Good old American justice, where an 18 year old can be sentenced with 69 felony counts for changing his grades. That'll learn him!
    • vuzman, on 06/21/2008, -32/+3Actually, it'll teach him.
      • 0011002, on 06/21/2008, -0/+15*whoosh*

        Yeah, I think he should get in trouble but a possible 38 Years!?
      • ch4os1337, on 06/21/2008, -0/+3Naw, that ain't right.
    • archer104, on 06/21/2008, -0/+25It's a little childish and stupid, but then, so is high school.
    • stonebear, on 06/21/2008, -1/+6They are making an example of him. The court wants to make it crystal clear that white collar crime doesn't pay for people who are young and/or swarthy.
      • gn0stik, on 06/21/2008, -4/+5Because making examples people works so well.

        Like with Martha Stewart. Nobody does insider trading anymore.

        And what example did they make with OJ? That if you can afford an awesome lawyer with theatrical skills you can get off.
      • Nitrodist88, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1Wow, it always seems that every time the punishment by far exceeds the crime, the reasoning goes to "make an example" of them. I call shenanigans.
    • EmperorAwesome, on 06/21/2008, -1/+4Whatever happened to the days when a kid like this would get expelled, possibly serve 6 months in jail, only to have a security consulting company recruit him when he gets out?
      • Niightwitch, on 06/21/2008, -1/+3He really didn't do anything particularly recruitable - he broke into the school and stole some instructor's password, then he installed some spyware onto the school's computer. Breaking and entering doesn't really qualify someone for a consulting job.
        • EmperorAwesome, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1Security involves the possibility of crude attacks such as dumpster diving, B&E, etc. I'm not saying this kid's some kinda hacking genius, but he clearly knows how to take the fastest route through the weakest security bottlenecks the school had to offer.
    • RoflCoptah, on 06/21/2008, -1/+10i find it funny that murderers can get less time than that 38 years
    • mojoface, on 06/21/2008, -0/+3I'm going to reply to the first post
    • stuffradio, on 06/21/2008, -1/+5Me fail English? That's unpossible!
  • yokozuka, on 06/20/2008, -3/+91It may seem excessive, but the charges are there and apparently they are real. The result of the crime, however, is not as dramatic as stealing a few millions, even if the crime is the same. I just hope the sentence is proportional to the actual damage. You can't get a kid 68 years in prison and then have corporate criminals getting out in less than a year for much worse. Even if the kid is a dumbass.
    • ToeCracker, on 06/20/2008, -1/+27So true. Murderers and rapists get way less than 68 years. The kid is dumb for sure but be doesn't deserve 68 years in prison as someone's bitch.
    • Bersy, on 06/21/2008, -7/+16Can you read? It says 38 not 68.

      Still pretty nuts.
    • bassman12593, on 06/21/2008, -2/+17It doesn't matter what you did, it matters what they can nail you for.
    • kelmaster1, on 06/21/2008, -8/+638 years is the MAXIMUM this kid could get. Due to the nature of his crimes, he can't go to a federal or state prison. If people can cheat the system then the system fails and schools lose credibility. If you're going to change grades don't get caught, it's that simple. It's not like its that hard to get A's and B's in highschool, no wonder this kid got caught.

      • Nitrodist88, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1Oh really, he can't go to a federal or state prison? What does that leave us with? 38 years under house arrest?
    • gn0stik, on 06/21/2008, -0/+2And that's not state time. That's federal - pound me in the ass - prison.
    • Frnnkdlxx, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1Hey pal, F you for not being irrationally angry!

      GRR!!! *McCain face*
  • teexcue, on 06/20/2008, -5/+54He gets a B for effort. Try changing that to an A now, punk!
    • PrintScrn12, on 06/21/2008, -1/+9But with just an A grade intelligence.
    • PrintScrn12, on 06/21/2008, -2/+17Whaaaatt ^^^^

      Someone edited my message.
    • archer104, on 06/21/2008, -0/+2Hey what if you need a favor someday from Ferris Bueller, then where will you be, huh? You heartless wench!
  • igorthetroll, on 06/20/2008, -16/+1This post is Flaming the situation which is a terrible injustice and abuse of Human Rights. 38 years in Jail? WTF, Bury!
    • ToeCracker, on 06/20/2008, -0/+12Inflaming the situation . . . are you on crack? If anything, getting exposure to this story just might save the kid from 38 years in jail with his ass being used as a 'hole on one' for bad ass criminals.
    • maxthreepwood, on 06/20/2008, -0/+7WTF are you talking about? The more people know about this, more chance this moron has a chance of getting a fair, proportional sentence instead of burying him alive like the DA seems to want.
    • itsthebrod, on 06/21/2008, -0/+4An appropriate username if I ever saw one.
  • igorthetroll, on 06/20/2008, -7/+16This is the post to Digg which is written as an objective journalism http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and ...
    • Sparkster185, on 06/21/2008, -0/+3You bypass the gizmodo blogspam and get dugg down? That makes a lot of sense.
  • SkyeWolfie, on 06/20/2008, -4/+78That is a bit excessive, 38 years in jail for an 18 year old just for changing grades! My cousin just sat here and told me how she changed her grades when she was a kid, and all she got was punishment from her Aunt.

    My sister's boys decided to counterfeit some money off the computer when they were younger, and even though my sister had a house full of FBI agents, they let the boys go with a very stiff warning.

    This boy should have just got a stiff warning too, what did he really hurt nothing but himself.

    This is an injustice of Human Rights!!
    • jamesmcv, on 06/21/2008, -1/+11Ugh. Obviously he is not going to go to jail for 38 years.
    • mrjofo, on 06/21/2008, -3/+43Don't worry, I'm sure he'll be getting a stiff warning. A stiff, veiny, throbbing warning.
    • xptweakerntn, on 06/21/2008, -4/+13Lies, lies lies. If anyone were to be investigating counterfeit money, it'd be the Secret Service. Get your facts straight before trying to improve you internet ego.
    • r1y23, on 06/21/2008, -0/+5I was under the impression that the Secret Service handled counterfeiting operations.
    • elnerdo, on 06/21/2008, -0/+9Everybody here is assuming that he'll actually GET 38 years in jail. That's preposterous! He's going to court, and the sum of all of the punishments for the crimes for which he is going to court is 38 years in jail. However, the court system is not totally retarded, and it works like a negotiation. The punishment starts high and then is negotiated down to something reasonable.
      • opticwind, on 06/21/2008, -3/+1Been watching a lot of Law and Order, have we?
    • brainboy77, on 06/21/2008, -4/+1hmm, this kid is muslim and you're white. yeah, i wonder how that worked out.

      FTR- I'm not saying you're racist, i'm saying the FBI is.
      • Niightwitch, on 06/21/2008, -0/+4How did that work out? It worked out because he broke into the school, tampered with their computer system and installed spyware on it. He committed a crime - it has nothing to do with his race.
        • zwaldowski, on 06/21/2008, -1/+1Don't be so sure. One day, left unchecked, this kid might yet become a trrrrst. That's how the FBI thinks now.
    • nursethalia, on 06/22/2008, -0/+0Well, and hurt the grades of 12 other students. But I highly doubt he'll get more than 5 years.
  • charkamman, on 06/20/2008, -1/+32I think it's pretty much overkill, but hey, if you can't catch the big fish, you just catch the small ones and imagine that you're strong, isn't it...
  • WoogieHauser, on 06/20/2008, -12/+10Dumb-ass for getting caught.
  • sfacets, on 06/20/2008, -25/+8Wow only day after this appeared on Reddit! Digg is catching up!
  • trestevenson, on 06/21/2008, -2/+12Sucks to be that guy!
  • brycelb, on 06/21/2008, -4/+6Ha. My kids are going to go to this school eventually. Not sure how I should feel about that. Should I be more concerned that the school was open to something like this or that they are completely overreacting? On a side note, most of the kids on "Real Orange County Housewives" go to this school.
    • parax, on 06/21/2008, -2/+6Don't be ridiculous.

      1. You don't know anything about the school's security measures so you have no basis to determine the school is "open to something like this". How are you making the comparison? Is there another school you know it didn't happen at? Or just one you've never heard a report of them catching someone there?

      2. From your context, when you say "they are completely overreacting", it sounds like you mean the school overreacted. How was it an overreaction to report intrusion in their system to the police? The school doesn't decide the number of charges or the sentence, that's up to the district attorney, possibly a grand jury (because it's not a federal trial there may not have been a grand jury), and the trial jury. Which school the kid went to is immaterial, most if not all of them would have reported a systems intrusion or wire fraud incident to the police.

      It seems like the criteria you're using to assess which school your kids will eventually go to is sub-par. You should probably spend more time looking at graduation statistics, how well each school treats gifted or special needs children, and take a look at each school's curriculum, extra curricular, and number/type of electives available.

      There are a lot of things to consider when it comes to a kid's education, but whether or not the school will call the police if your kid breaks the law probably shouldn't be one of them. If that's one of your big concerns, I'd think seriously about home schooling.
    • opticwind, on 06/21/2008, -0/+2The school isn't pressing charges, the state is. The school didn't overreact.
      • ZZeke, on 06/21/2008, -0/+3That's the problem, though - the school (and his parents) should be handling this entire situation internally. Involving the courts is a huge waste of time and money. No judge in his right mind is going to put Bueller in jail.
        This is a perfect example of one of the many ways in which our school system fails our children - this is when the school (and again - the parents) are supposed to take disciplinary action thereby EDUCATING the boy as to what the consequences for his actions will be. They should also be re-assessing their electronic security and internal security protocols pertaining to their network in order to prevent further breaches. The fact that they just hand the kid over to the legal authorities instead of doing the job which we entrust them (and pay them) to do should be disturbing to everyone. If they wanted to bring a cop or a district attorney in to scare the ***** out of him I wouldn't be opposed, but to actually follow through with indicting the kid is ludicrous and like I said, a waste of resources.


  • jbbears554, on 06/21/2008, -11/+3That kid has balls and is probably smarter than half the kids w/ better grades. How many of them are smart enough to devise a scheme like that.

    The kid was just an idiot for having the school recheck his transcript.
    • maxthreepwood, on 06/21/2008, -1/+10You are contradicting yourself. He's not that smart if he was idiotic enough to ask again for the transcript. Also, he wasn't really very subtle: he actually broke in places and stole the password from a teacher, all while leaving a trail of evidence. No actual hacking.

      In other words, he was a total dumbass. But even so, 68 years are way to much for changing grades, no matter the amount of charges. My guess is that the judge won't be insensible, and he/she will give him an opportunity.
      • starf, on 06/21/2008, -0/+2High intelligence, low wisdom?
        Smart enough to think of an implement grade changing system.
        Stupid enough to bring transcript to school's attention.
        Works for me.
  • ThinkBox, on 06/21/2008, -1/+33"You can charge me with 69 felony counts of sexy!" - what he should have said at the (tobeknownas) the most awesome press conference ever.
    • RoflCoptah, on 06/21/2008, -0/+3i wish i could digg u up more than once for this
  • maxthreepwood, on 06/21/2008, -2/+6Hopefully these news will get the press it deserves, so the judge gives a sentence proportional to the results of the crime.
  • DesertDude, on 06/21/2008, -8/+101Taser innocents, it's alright. Rape Iraqis, why not. Raid and beat old people for using medical marijuana, hell yeah. Change your grades? THIRTY EIGHT YEARS, YOU FILTHY BASTARD.

    The US "justice" system is laughable. Who in their right mind would respect this system?
    • Pixelpaws, on 06/21/2008, -9/+2Republicans. After all, they are the "right".

      /sarcasm
      • Monkeman, on 06/21/2008, -1/+2Oh, that was sarcasm? *****! If you hadn't have been so helpful as to put that adorable little tag on the end of your post, I would have no idea! In fact, could you follow me around everywhere and spoonfeed jokes to me? I might miss my mouth otherwise and get the jokes all over my bib.
    • Snokage, on 06/21/2008, -3/+6i do, because theres millions of other cases that are handled just fine, but if your view of the American Justice System is based off what you read on digg, then you are a idiot.
      • ZZeke, on 06/21/2008, -0/+2I think there were plenty of fine examples of how the justice system fails us long before digg, or the internet for that matter.
        It's not perfect system, I know - and it does seem to do a lot more good than harm. There are millions of cases which are handled properly, it's true. However, I would concur with desertdude in that a case like this does make the US justice system look petty and and preposterous nonetheless - but he puts his anger towards the justice system in the same pot as he puts his contempt for law enforcement and military engagement - all valid issues, and they are certainly related, but in reality a case like this has little to do with tasering people or raping Iraqis.
  • yokozuka, on 06/21/2008, -2/+12The US justice system hasn't announced the sentence yet. Keep in mind that this is just the DA pressing charges. By law, given the crimes, the total sentence could amount to 38 years. I believe that the justice system still works (sometimes) and the punishment would be proportional to the actual result of the crime.

    That's what the judge is there for, to give a fair trial and sentence. Let's wait until this gets to the end (but just in case, society should keep an eye on this one for sure.)
    • 0011002, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1Well said and I agree I hope to see updates to this story because if they even give him a few years over this I think it will be an overreaction. That said he was pretty dumb about it but he's 18 most of us have done stupid stuff at that age. What seems like a good idea then has you later in life going "WTF was I thinking!?"
    • macfan93, on 06/21/2008, -1/+3Finally a smart person on digg.
  • Elliottx, on 06/21/2008, -3/+10Owned.
  • AlexWiggy, on 06/21/2008, -8/+2At least he knows he'll have a job when he comes out as a CIA hacker or similar, it's always the way :).
    We lock you up for x Years then employ you.
    • Bersy, on 06/21/2008, -1/+11Busting into a school with a stolen key and changing your grades with a stolen password will land you a job with the CIA? In my day, the term "hacker" had a little higher requirements...
  • cuoops, on 06/21/2008, -1/+24That's not Ferris Bueller, it's David Lightman.
    • tecopa03, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1the same thing i was thinking.
      • peeinian, on 06/21/2008, -2/+5Seriously. Unless he took his best friend's father's Ferrari out for a day of fun in Chicago, how could he be Ferris Bueller? Then again, its not like the kid was trying to play "Global Thermonuclear War" or anything. GWB has been trying his hand at that game for years with no luck and he's not facing jail time.
    • maxthreepwood, on 06/21/2008, -3/+2RTFA
    • ZutroyZuuts, on 06/21/2008, -0/+6War Games was probably the first and best hacking movie ever. It's a shame David Lightman's name doesn't have as much public recognition as Ferris Bueller's.
    • Juntistik, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1This is Gizmodo, this is to be expected to screw things up. Pretty much the most innaccurate and poorly edited popular blog I've seen.
  • fr3ddie, on 06/21/2008, -2/+12years in prison???? uhm... ***** NO!!!... my tax dollars are keeping some wimpy little white boy in jail??? ***** that!!!!!!!!.... just take away his pc and get back to real crimes please.
    seriously though.... how long does it take to change his grades back?... a few seconds.... B C D B D C... yep.
    • Willforbes, on 06/21/2008, -16/+2white boy? more like muslim boy. look at the name dumbass...
      • MtheoryX, on 06/21/2008, -0/+12Muslim is not a race.

        There are a great many Caucasian muslims.
    • megamod, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1He most likely wouldn't have a Muslim name unless he was of "asian" descent, which would rule him out of the "white boy" race.
  • Ex3poo, on 06/21/2008, -1/+4With those grades and what he did,this name is fitting "DUMBASS"
  • Willforbes, on 06/21/2008, -19/+1HAHA! wheres your 72 virgins now! the only virginity being taken now is yours... in the prison showers
    • ambion, on 06/21/2008, -0/+8Dude wtf is wrong with you? There's nothing in the article that indicates that the kid is a muslim. Besides, most muslims don't even believe in that virgins in heaven *****. You're a sad, ignorant and racist failure.
    • screwfanboys1, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1blocked
  • ufia, on 06/21/2008, -6/+3If you are not smart enough to get good grades legitly without cheating, then I'm afraid you are not smart enough break into computers and change your grades without getting busted eventually.
    • dankreek, on 06/21/2008, -1/+4Being intelligent and earning grades are mutually exclusive and sometimes coincide. Everybody knows this.

      • opticwind, on 06/21/2008, -0/+3That said, a lot of stupid people use it as an excuse.
  • evanfrey, on 06/21/2008, -3/+15Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that picture from wargames?
    • kurtskrap, on 06/21/2008, -0/+3Here's why the Wargames picture (or RTFA):

      fraud, falsifying a public record, second degree burglary and watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off and War Games 5,405 times—after allegedly
    • Apocalyptic0n3, on 06/21/2008, -1/+3It is. I was about to say they had the movie wrong but realized he changed his grades in both movies. Pic is definitely from War Games, though. Another awesome movie, btw.
      • EmperorAwesome, on 06/21/2008, -0/+4He only changed his absence records in Ferris Bueller.
        • Apocalyptic0n3, on 06/21/2008, -0/+4Ah. I see. Good catch. Then the title is totally wrong. lol
  • avatarpalin, on 06/21/2008, -2/+17Change your grades with a pen and get grounded for a week. Change your grades with a computer and get grounded for 1976 weeks
  • uallsuck, on 06/21/2008, -1/+17To summarize:

    1. The kid is not actually going to get 38 years or anything close to it.
    2. This is actually a real crime, what with the fraud, trespassing, unauthorized access, selling his services to others. . .
    3. This kid is not a l33t haxor and will not be offered a job with a government agency. They tend to frown on felonies.
    • santaliqueur, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1But 38 is a large number when talking about years, and I want to spin this into something bad about the government. Damn you and your facts.
  • bassman12593, on 06/21/2008, -2/+10Seems like he put in so much effort to change the grades, it probably would have been easier to get good ones in the first place.
  • knute5, on 06/21/2008, -3/+1Yes, it's WAR GAMES. But who remembers David Lightman vs. Ferris Bueller? Sloppy journalism ... here in LA there's a number of other facts about this case that have come out too. One station reported that Khan lowered some other kids' grades.
  • jbonik, on 06/21/2008, -2/+27KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!
  • TekeeTakShak, on 06/21/2008, -1/+12Dugg for watching War Games 5405 times.
    • morpheus9602, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2You're going to jail.

      Stay where you are. The police are on their way.
  • chrissku, on 06/21/2008, -2/+12Abe Froehman - The Sausage King of Chicago
    • antonio97b, on 06/21/2008, -0/+8Are you suggesting I am not who I say I am?
      • archer104, on 06/21/2008, -1/+7I am suggesting that you leave before I have to get snooty.
        • antonio97b, on 06/21/2008, -0/+3Snooty?
        • Hypermarkalan, on 06/21/2008, -0/+4Snotty.
        • Jerryskid02, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1Damn..the scene finished before I could get a word in.



          Would you like to play....a game?
        • LinkGCN4, on 06/21/2008, -1/+1Collective humor rivaling Reddit. Congratulations.
  • punkcat, on 06/21/2008, -1/+14kid who doesn't do well in school hacks computer in ill thought out plan to get into an even harder school.

    • resevil83, on 06/21/2008, -0/+3Haha, that's what gets me. They should have let him slide. Let him go to the college and see what happens. I'd love to see how he'd manage at the new school. He probably would fail out within the first semester. If he can manage his grades, just make him do community service for a very long time. No need to jail an idiot 18 year old, there's no room for him in jail, he can easily work at a Subway.
  • spyd3rweb, on 06/21/2008, -1/+8Usually the teachers know who's failing their classes, so its not recommended.
  • Elderon, on 06/21/2008, -5/+1Correct me if I'm wrong. I haven't watched ferris buellers day off in ages, but I don't recall him ever changing his grades. It was that other movie about the wiz kid and that computer that decided nuclear war was the best solution. That kid hacked his grades near the beginning of the movie.
    • dood, on 06/21/2008, -1/+1Yeah. In Ferris Bueller he reduced the number of days he skipped. The same actor in WarGames hacked the computer for the grades.
    • archer104, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1Graaaace....

      Graaace!!!!....


      GRAAAACE!!!!

      • Hypermarkalan, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1With your bad back you shouldn't throw anybody.
  • Thekirby45, on 06/21/2008, -4/+8deja vu?
    http://digg.com/world_news/Teen_Hacker_May_Get_38_ ...
  • maximm, on 06/21/2008, -2/+5"including identity theft, computer fraud, falsifying a public record, second degree burglary and watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off and War Games 5,405 times"

    So he is being charged with watching the movies excessively? And isnt 5405 times a bit specific do you keep counting after the first 1000?
    • punkcat, on 06/21/2008, -0/+3that number has to be exaggerated, its close to a years amount of time, like 337 days worth of Wargames and Ferris. (may have found reason for bad grades..)
  • masterspeaks, on 06/21/2008, -1/+3Wow, back in my day we just used crap like http://www.keykatcher.com/ and got teachers passwords on any computer they happened to be using. Of course, having your each of your teachers instructing over 200 student helped disguise any noticeable grade changes.
    • MtheoryX, on 06/21/2008, -2/+2"...each of your teachers instructing over 200 student..."

      Hmm, not quite sure here, but that might be the source of the problem. Chicken and the egg aside, it's hard to see how anyone could do well in a class that size, so I'm gonna have to call shenanigans.
      • opticwind, on 06/21/2008, -0/+5Not 200 per class, 200 total students.
    • masterspeaks, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Yea basically for each specific course my teachers had at least 200 students. The individual classes had about 30-35 individuals, but you teach 6 sections of the same course during a week...
  • jond, on 06/21/2008, -2/+7Stealing someones password and installing a remote access app isn't 'hacking'.
    Freaking media sensationalizing.


    • MMSQ3, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1You can't blame them, neither hollywood nor the media actually understand what hacking is. So they just pretend.

  • withears, on 06/21/2008, -2/+18Oh come on! It's not like the rest of us haven't changed our grades. Or sniffed our teacher's chair. Or tried on our mom's bras. Or touched the dogs in the special place.

    I should stop now.
  • Typhoon2009, on 06/21/2008, -5/+3Seriously, how does one get Fs in school?
    • MtheoryX, on 06/21/2008, -0/+7By not doing any of the things required to get A's in school?

      If you're honestly asking that question because you don't know, then you, sir, are a paradox.
      • Typhoon2009, on 06/21/2008, -3/+1You really have to try to get an F though. I mean, I rarely opened my chemistry book this year and got an A in the class. I never studied for math tests and only got below a 90 on two of them. Hell, I wrote an essay for English class when I hadn't even read most of the book and I got a B.
        • diggdiggerid, on 06/21/2008, -1/+7Some people go to real schools, not grade inflation diploma mills.
        • Typhoon2009, on 06/21/2008, -6/+2I go to a "real school" thanks. I think the chief difference is that I don't drink lead water on a regular basis.
        • TomJohn, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1You must be one o' them child projidees.
        • gsp9216, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1what? you really have to try for a failing grade?
        • HumanGlitch, on 06/21/2008, -1/+3Your one of those kids who dont try and do well.

          Well keep that attitude up for the rest of your life and see where that gets you.

          The work ethic is what counts.
        • Parkinsons, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1I did poorly in school. My classes would be around 50% homework and 50% tests. It is not that you have to try to get an F, it is you have to not try. You obviously try because you said you wrote an essay.
    • RobotWolf, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1From a psychological point of view, you're saying alot about yourself by asking a question like that. Since most of these things are negative, its stands to reason that If you were geniunely intelligent, you would have known that and decided not to post that comment.
  • nedy78, on 06/21/2008, -1/+3I commend him for trying, but dude just do your school work. He isn't going to get that amount of time, it's just desighned to scare the little *****. Since he is capable of this, what is he capable of tomorrow. He'll probably turn out o.k, I used to be a hellion, but look how I turned out, oh wait.
  • cnads, on 06/21/2008, -2/+1well he's dumb for getting caught.. but seriously.. he's an 18 year old kid.. just put his grades back and suspend him
  • colasrtney, on 06/21/2008, -0/+4This was already disussed. FERRIS DIDN'T CHANGE HIS GRADES. The password was pencil, he changed his attendance, see Wargames, Grace....GRACE!! etc.,
    • morpheus9602, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1Ah yes. But most people don't remember that little detail
  • dxgg, on 06/21/2008, -2/+2Pssst! The password is 'pencil'.
  • meeko81, on 06/21/2008, -1/+2He'll never get 38 years. He might get 1 year. And when he does, Sean Hannity will call it judicial activism. He probably wouldnt get 38 years for murder...or serve 38 years anyway. Everyone knows (including judges) that age 18 = having no appreciation or understanding of what education is and how it benefits a person. You guys shouldn't be so quick to judge the American legal system whether you are American or not. It is a good system.
  • chaos7, on 06/21/2008, -2/+3whoever would put him in jail should LOSE THEIR JOB.
  • AGONYTUESDAY, on 06/21/2008, -1/+2OLD NEWS... FROM LAST WEEK NO LESS
    digg is really losing credibility lately with all of these double postings.
    • antonio97b, on 06/21/2008, -1/+4Oh my god it's from last week! Will someone please think of the children!?
    • picpak, on 06/21/2008, -1/+1Personally, I think Digg lost credibility when they gave Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 a 10/10.
  • nedy78, on 06/21/2008, -1/+9I asked for a car. I got a computer. How's that for being born under a bad sign?
  • Drewcool, on 06/21/2008, -1/+10A "C" changes to a "B" so easily, you got greedy boy.
  • bermudianguy, on 06/21/2008, -2/+1Why do I get the feeling that some of this is because his name is Omar Khan and not Joey American Name. I could be completely wrong but it seems that they are coming down on him rather hard .
    • Tomson74, on 06/21/2008, -2/+0Well maybe he should have changed his name. However, I would take Omar changing his grades, then Omar the pilot
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