wasn't there a judge somewhere that gave people a choice between a "creative" punishment and a traditional one? I found at least one example at http://abcnews.g

wasn't there a judge somewhere that gave people a choice between a "creative" punishment and a traditional one? I found at least one example at http://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-judge-unusual-punishments-people-jail/story?id=33440871 http://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-judge-unusual-punishments-peop... Unsure what the legal justification is though