I'm just now getting to read the comments on your story, Anna. I can't bear to re-read it since the first time, as we've been living with the stories rattling inside our heads and breaking our hearts for weeks. The same outrage and heartache your readers express is what compelled us to take on this fight. I ask that…

Don't know how I feel about one-party states as a general rule, but in this one case, fucking GOOD.

They do have an attorney. Any follow-ups I write will explore the legal avenues they pursued, once they've decided on that.

"I just don't think she's ready for school," Jan remembers the woman saying to her. "She needs to come back when it calms down next semester."

Lawyer here. Yes, you're correct if Oklahoma is a one party state. The boy recording committed no crime and if he was not acting on behalf of law enforcement, it's not subject to the exclusionary rule (evidence obtained illegally by law enforcement cannot be used at trial).

Huh? It wasn't recorded by a police officer and Oklahoma is a one-party consent state, meaning it was recorded legally because one person in the conversation had knowledge the recording was being made. Lawyers jump in here and correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you're correct.