As I said in my post, I have no sympathy for the kid. I agree with you that he deserves to suffer for his crimes. My point was that 38 years just seems excessive. I was surprised by the number, that's all. I agree with you that he has to pay for what he did. What if the other kids knew what Omar was doing and asked to switch a couple of their grades. They should get punished too, but the law enforcers wouldn't know for sure if they did. As for serving his time, I agree with you. He should do his time, but 38 years, come on...doesn't that seem a little overboard? He didn't hurt anyone physically, and the report sounds like he didnt vandalise/harm anything and it's not like he killed or held anyone at gun point.