Better Than Jail …



I guess this is better than going to jail:

"I understand the judge’s reasoning," said Breanna Klewitz, 23, of her two-hour walk on a sidewalk in front of the Dougherty County Courthouse, Georgia, wearing signs that read, "I am a thief" and "I stole what you worked for." …

Chief Superior Court Judge Loren Gray sentenced Klewitz to five-years probation as a first offender for her role in a June burglary at a local fast-food restaurant, where she worked as an assistant manager. Besides a $US1086 ($1376) fine, the judge ordered her to make signs with 8-inch letters, visible from at least 25 feet, and wear them while walking the block-long sidewalk along a busy downtown street.

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Posted on December 10, 2006 at 12:42 pm by Alex
Category: Crime & Law

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5 comments to "Better Than Jail …"

  • sam
    December 10th, 2006 at 12:51 pm

    One time in high school this girl in my grade went in the locker room and stole stuff from people’s backpacks while they were in gym class. She got caught she had to wear a sign like that, but she just didn’t get it. For some reason she thought it was cool. She ended up dropping out of school.

  • Denita TwoDragons
    December 10th, 2006 at 1:19 pm

    If it keeps her from stealing again, I say go for it. It’s better than another overcrowded prison…

    –TwoDragons

  • Lasse
    December 10th, 2006 at 2:24 pm

    Thats not a new idea. The nazis put those kind of signs on the people who broke the racial laws.

  • Jake
    December 10th, 2006 at 4:11 pm

    Has anyone seen the episode of Mr. Show with the similar idea? Mr. Show was an HBO sketch comedy show with David Cross and Bob Odenkirk, if you don’t know it. Anyhow, Odenkirk played a rapist, who had to verbally explain this to anyone he came in contact with. There was a man with a sandwich board (much like the woman featured above) saying “I’m with a rapist —-> “. And at his work, being a telemarketer selling insurance he addressed the callers by saying, “Hello, Bob’s my name and insurance is my game! …Rape used to also be a game of mine…hel-…hello?”

    It was pretty funny.

  • ted
    December 12th, 2006 at 6:34 pm

    Did the nazis actually invent racial “laws”, or was that just twisting words to suit your own purpose, Lasse?

    It’s a silly idea, but it’s hardly gas chambers and concentration camps.

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