Subj : Re: Yay Texas
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 20:07:26

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. 


Yes, it is a bit bizarre but it appears to be an improvement over the way 
the system was running before.

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