The following are responses received by KATU News via e-mail regarding people's thoughts on the outcome of the McMinnville "spanking case." The comments have not been edited for grammar, spelling or punctuation.

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 I feel that the school district should have handled this matter much differently.  They should have involved the parents from the begining and settled it without involving the District Attorney.  How much of our tax payer dollars were wasted on a matter that should never have been taken this far?  Knowing how the community feels about this case is encouraging and I believe that the School District, Police Department, and District Attorney should review how they handle these kind of situations in the future. 

The boys are learning a lesson in this matter and I believe that the Agencies involved should also look into what lessons they might learn.  How many more cases like this are going to be brought forward before the community puts their foot down in protest to over charging people with crimes?

- Deanna

If teachers were allowed to teach and take back the schools there would be no such dilemma in the first place. 

Young boys as a norm are much too shy and insecure; would one think they were provoked? 

This would be one of the greatest products of society creating its’ own evil.  Let children go back to the berry, bean , etc fields and work and create respect for themselves,  maybe then they will have respect for others.

As a whole there is not right to complain, the beds are made we sleep in them.

- Michelle

DA needs to know when to mind their own business. 

- Margarita

Thank God the judge used common sense. This should never have been in the court system

- Lana

You have stopped nothing except for two boys.  What about the next child?  What about the ones we have already convicted as adults for just such stupid things?  What about the families that have been destroyed?  Who have we helped – just two boys.  Nothing has changed.

- Ella

I am very relieved to see these two boys cleared of all charges.  Maybe we should start focusing this much energy on the

Real criminals and get a few of them off the street.  Good luck to the the boys…..

- Renae 

Simply said-kids have been acting like this for years!  Why these two boys and why now?  Also, what's with a special "boundaries education" course?  If this was part of the curriculum from the get-go, maybe this wouldn't have happened at all.....

- Pam

I think it would be insightful if you were to dig up the cost of this incident to the tax payers.

- Kerry

I CAN’T HELP BUT FEEL THIS WHOLE CASE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE WASTE OF OUR GOVERNMENTS TIME AND MONEY.  IT JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW “WELL” OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT.

- Shawn

Thank God for someone with some common sense!!! This whole thing was so down right ridiculous. I feel sorry for the poor parents of these boys having to shell out who knows how much dough for legal fees and the stress of the whole dumb thing.
Let the parents disipline their kids and leave it at that.

Good going, Judge.

- Kelli