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Well there is the issue of "cruel and unusual" punishments being unconstitutional. But his seem too whimsical for that. I mean, the "pepper spray" was actually
by mirimir 7y ago
Well there is the issue of "cruel and unusual" punishments being unconstitutional. But his seem too whimsical for that. I mean, the "pepper spray" was actually water.
- vezycash 7y agoHis success is in giving the accused a CHOICE. Here's jail, and here's something else with less jail time or non - Choose. Parents already do that to their kids, some schools to students. His innovation is in applying it to Law. Without choice, his method would be considered abuse of power.
- daxorid 7y agoThere is nothing more cruel than taking away the one resource a person cannot ever recover: time. Creative, or even corporal (e.g. 20 lashes), punishments are A. more effective, and B. less cruel, than prison time.
- pdpi 7y agoA crucial point here is that his punishments are unusual but not cruel.
- Yajirobe 7y agoThese kind of 'sentences' are one step away from making this judge a star of a reality TV show. Punishments that deviate from the norm are not inherently bad, but there needs to be a line between actual sentences and what seem like a Monty Python sketch. Now, these offenses seem to be of mild nature, but who is to say that a world where equally ludicrous punishments for serious offenses is impossible?