The Oklahoma teenager who has been facing felony charges for over a year for writing a short story about a school assault (that I recently blogged about) has been cleared. The judge dismissed the charges last week after ruling that Oklahoma's statute for "planning" an attack can only be constitutional if there was evidence of malicious intent. The prosecutor didn't like the law in the first place, so the state is not appealing.

He'll still have a record that says he was charged with a felony thanks to another ridiculous Catch-22: you can only get it cleared from your record if you're cleared within a year of the charge being filed, even if being cleared of the charges takes longer. But to everyone who saw this story far and wide, know that Brian is not going to jail. Hopefully he'll get some of his life back, too.