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Church Or Jail?
« on: September 26, 2011, 03:03:09 pm »
http://www.nationofchange.org/alabama-town-orders-small-time-offenders-attend-church-or-it-will-throw-them-jail-1317050997

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   Operation Restore Our Community or “ROC”…begins next week. The city judge will either let misdemenor [sic] offenders work off their sentences in jail and pay a fine or go to church every Sunday for a year.

    If offenders elect church, they’re allowed to pick the place of worship, but must check in weekly with the pastor and the police department. If the one-year church attendance program is completed successfully, the offender’s case will be dismissed.


O...kay...

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Re: Church Or Jail?
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2011, 03:07:35 pm »
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http://www.nationofchange.org/alabama-town-orders-small-time-offenders-attend-church-or-it-will-throw-them-jail-1317050997



O...kay...

 
I dare someone to chose a Grove or Coven ;) My bet is that they would get shot down if they tried.

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Re: Church Or Jail?
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2011, 03:16:44 pm »
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I dare someone to chose a Grove or Coven ;) My bet is that they would get shot down if they tried.

 
If they got shot down the offender would have a viable discrimination lawsuit. I might like to see that one battled out, actually.
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Re: Church Or Jail?
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2011, 03:20:51 pm »
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If they got shot down the offender would have a viable discrimination lawsuit. I might like to see that one battled out, actually.

 
Frankly, I would like to see whoever thought of this policy be removed from the bench/office/whatever is applicable.


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Re: Church Or Jail?
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2011, 03:31:05 pm »
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Frankly, I would like to see whoever thought of this policy be removed from the bench/office/whatever is applicable.

 
It's clearly and blatantly unconstitutional. I doubt it will survive it's first attempted implementation. Even a jailhouse lawyer can call bullshit successfully on it. Rather, it's probably an attention grabber/political move, or just stupidity/arrogance run amok. So ridiculous.

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Re: Church Or Jail?
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2011, 06:47:10 pm »
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I dare someone to chose a Grove or Coven

 
Yes, but then they'd have to extend the sentence to a year and a day.  ;)

While I support community-based rehabilitation programs for first-time, non-violent offenders, this plan is so many shades of wrong that I don't know where to even begin.  The ACLU is going to have a field day with this one.

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Re: Church Or Jail?
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2011, 08:41:45 pm »
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O...kay...

I suspect there will be major constitutional issues here.
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