Letters | Pier 34 sentencing: Peculiar justice
THE SENTENCING of the Pier 34 owners left many folks scratching their heads about the fairness. For one thing, how can a guy who is so ill that he cannot be incarcerated ever perform 1,000 hours of community service?
THE SENTENCING of the Pier 34 owners left many folks scratching their heads about the fairness. For one thing, how can a guy who is so ill that he cannot be incarcerated ever perform 1,000 hours of community service?
As somebody said, the defendants will be home with nothing else to do except support the community in an enduring and meaningful way. Who knows where this judiciary fascination with house arrest and community service began, but I do know we have too many judges peeking too far into defendants' lives to justify a ruling from the bench.
My favorite is Dr. McIntosh, the date-rape neurologist, who violated his best friend's daughter and received house arrest! I think Judge Woods-Skipper pays her taxes and cleans up after her dog, but has shown the grit of a small child in dealing with a matter of life and death.
William Earley, Lower Merion