Judge to man: 'Learn English or it's jail for you buddy'
- added March 28, 2008
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- woodywoodbeck
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A judge known for creative sentencing has ordered three Spanish-speaking men to learn English or go to jail.
The men, who faced prison for criminal conspiracy to commit robbery, can remain on parole if they learn to read and write English, earn their GEDs and get full-time jobs, Luzerne County, PA Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. said.
The men, Luis Reyes, Ricardo Dominguez and Rafael Guzman-Mateo, plus a fourth defendant, Kelvin Reyes-Rosario, all needed translators when they pleaded guilty Tuesday.
"Do you think we are going to supply you with a translator all of your life?" the judge asked them.
What do you guys think...Outlandish or progressive? YOU decide?!
The men, who faced prison for criminal conspiracy to commit robbery, can remain on parole if they learn to read and write English, earn their GEDs and get full-time jobs, Luzerne County, PA Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. said.
The men, Luis Reyes, Ricardo Dominguez and Rafael Guzman-Mateo, plus a fourth defendant, Kelvin Reyes-Rosario, all needed translators when they pleaded guilty Tuesday.
"Do you think we are going to supply you with a translator all of your life?" the judge asked them.
What do you guys think...Outlandish or progressive? YOU decide?!
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- woodywoodbeck
- 5 months ago
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It sounds as if this judge dude has good intentions: he wants them to do well - I think he's been watching Fight Club too much though. The problem is that at least here in the UK, judges tend to be overwhelmingly 'pale, male and stale'. Should people from such a tiny demographic be allowed to dictate the rest of people's lives in such an idiosyncratic way? I think this is one occasion where creativity isn't really right or fair.
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- mischabarrett
- 5 months ago
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