Ind. court to review rape case, online comments

Published May 6, 2013 10:11pm ET



INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to review a pair of cases, one that involves a school principal’s failure to immediately pass along a student’s report of rape and the other about expectations of privacy for commenters on news media websites.

The court announced Monday it would review the case of former Muncie Central High School Principal Christopher Smith. Smith was convicted last year of failing to report child abuse after a student reported being raped, after he and other administrators spent four hours investigating the allegation before calling state officials.

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