Subj : Re: Yay Texas
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John I
Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 19:19:23

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Steve Brooks wrote:

> Trouble wrote:
>> Steve Brooks wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1584270,00.html
>>
>>> Justice in aciton.
>>
>> She's only 17, if its that, or 10 years in jail which'll ruin her
>> life, she can abstain for a little while. There is a chain of adult
>> novelty stores not an hour's drive from Sherman if she has trouble
>> complying with the terms of her probation...
> 
> Don't get me wrong. I think the sentence passed was far preferable to
> any prison sentence or even a large fine. I expect the mere fact of
> conviction will blight this unfortunate girl's life to some extent.
> Which is a shame. 
> 
> But to an English person this sentence (along with a number of others
> I've read about) does look a bit bizarre. Our judges simply don't place
> specific restrictions on details of the defendant's private life in
> criminal cases.

You have to put this into context.  Texas is the nest of vipers that produced 
the architects of Abu Ghraib and Gitmo, and generated the findings that 
justify torture.  They ain't right.  Unfortunately, they seem to have 
captured the vocal minority's imagination.

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