We often hear the phrase "thought police", well this story confirms that it happens.

Brian Robertson was just months away from graduation at Moore High School in Moore, Oklahoma, last year when he found the beginnings of what he thought was a short story on a school computer. He copied the file to another computer, added some paragraphs to the initial text and then promptly got arrested.

The case has the American Civil Liberties Union crying foul over suppression of free expression. Calling the statute vague and "overly broad," the ACLU says the law "criminalizes free thought and free expression," essentially making it illegal for anyone to even think about committing a crime. Robertson, who was charged in April 2002, is the first person to be tried under the law.

On the wired web site there is a link to the story.