The Internet exploded when news hit that Kiera Wilmot, a 16 year-old Florida girl, was arrested and expelled for a botched science experiment. She mixed a few chemicals to try something out for a science fair, and the bottle she was using exploded. No one was hurt and no property damaged. Yet authorities recommended that she be prosecuted for using a weapon on school grounds. Really. No, really really. Here's Kiera's story, and here are some of the hot-blooded reactions. It's the school-to-prison pipeline at work.

You'd think that after a couple of days, law enforcement officials would come to their senses and decline to press charges after all. But so far, that hasn't happened: Kiera Wilmot is still facing the possibility of prosecution as an adult -- potentially being marred for life with a criminal record despite having an exemplary behavioral and academic record. So...it's time to expedite the process.

Will you call prosecutor Tammy Glotfelty and ask her to drop the charges against Kiera Wilmot? Tammy's office number is (863) 534-4905. Call between 9a-5p ET so you're more likely to reach a real person. Please remember to be polite and respectful; that's important. Then email [email protected] to tell us what happened on the call!

If you want to do more than that one call, you can also call school superintendent John Stewart at (863) 534-0521 and ask him to reverse Kiera's expulsion. School is where the pipeline begins, after all. Again, please keep your call polite.

Only with your help can we chip away at the school-to-prison pipeline -- and, ultimately, at our nation's gross system of mass incarceration. Please use that voice of yours; America needs it.

UPDATE: All charges against Kiera Wilmot have been dropped. She is still expelled, though, so please keep calling the school superintendent!