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A Cruel, Unusual, and ... Musical Punishment?

By Alex in Crime & Law on Sep 17, 2007 at 5:05 am


A judge has sentenced violators of the noise ordinance of the city of Fort Lupton, Colorado, to a musical punishment:

Violaters of the city of Fort Lupton’s noise ordinance were in for a big surprise this past Friday. The city’s judge sentenced citizens who have been busted for being too loud to 1 hour of listening to unpopular or unusual music.

In a courtroom with mostly young adult offenders, Dolly Parton’s "I Will Always Love You" played loudly on a boombox. During the full hour of punishment, they were not allowed to chew gum, eat, drink, read or even sleep.

Most violators found the first few minutes funny. As time wore on with Karen Carpenter, Barry Manilow and Barney songs, they weren’t laughing anymore.

Link – via Spluch


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  1. James
    Sep 17th, 2007 at 6:19 am

    Haha, excellent! They should do this more often.

    I also once read that people used classical music to get rid of local punks or goths just hanging around in front of their houses or shops :)

  2. Lasse
    Sep 17th, 2007 at 12:01 pm

    Interesting to see Guantanamo Bay methods making it into the mainstream of the American justice system.

  3. ASJ
    Sep 17th, 2007 at 2:32 pm

    Dolly Parton, Karen Carpenter and Barry Manilow are bad enough, but Barney is just cruel and unusual punnishment...

  4. L
    Sep 17th, 2007 at 2:39 pm

    An hour is nothing. Not when people have to listen to their crap for hours on end.

    I say five hours would be more appropriate. And no bathroom breaks.

  5. nerfherder
    Sep 17th, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    My husband used Led Zeppelin on the punks who lived near us. They learned.

  6. Beth
    Sep 17th, 2007 at 4:55 pm

    Fantastic!

  7. Jennifer
    Sep 17th, 2007 at 5:46 pm

    When my lovely neighbors decide to start blasting their music I slip in John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Brian Eno and turn the volume up after placing the speakers close to the fence. If they don't take the hint, I start playing funeral marches. They get it by then.

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