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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
News Get Out of Jail "Free"
Posted By Karen Shugart on Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Isn't this a hoot? The Observer reported that ex-House speaker and convicted felon Jim Black wants to serve his sentence giving eye exams to the poor!!?!
Some might say it takes an exceptional amount of arrogance, not to mention desperation, to suggest that Black's debt to the voters of this state could be best repaid by such a venture.
But just think of all the possibilities:
A bank robber could avoid prison time by working gratis as a bank teller.
An incompetent doctor could avoid hefty malpractice judgments by working in a free clinic.
A person who kills someone while driving drunk could, say, mow grass for the dead person's family for a couple of years.
I can't imagine that any judge will be loony enough to give Black's suggestion a green light.
As Bob Hall of Democracy North Carolina says, lots of incarcerated people have skills that could benefit the community. Ya think Jim Black ever cared much about letting them serve their time outside prison walls?
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