US Honor Student Diane Tran Jailed In Texas For Truancy

The Willis High School junior who works two jobs to support her siblings was told by judge that a little time in jail wasn't a death sentence

A US honor student has been jailed for missing too much school in Texas.

Diane Tran, a 17-year-old Willis High School junior, was sentenced to spent 24 hours in jail and pay $100 in fines for excessive truancy, according to CBS Atlanta.

She had broken a Texan law that makes it a crime to miss more than 10 days of school in a six month period, reported Local TV network KHOU-11.

Judge Lanny Moriarty said that at an appearance by Tran in his Justice of the Peace court last month he warned her to stop missing school.

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