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Location: San Diego, California, United States

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Let the Judges use Wisdom!

Here is the start of a story showing some creative judging:


"A judge known for creative sentencing has ordered three Spanish-speaking men to learn English or go to jail.

The men, who faced prison for criminal conspiracy to commit robbery, can remain on parole if they learn to read and write English, earn their GEDs and get full-time jobs, Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. said.

The men, Luis Reyes, Ricardo Dominguez and Rafael Guzman-Mateo, plus a fourth defendant, Kelvin Reyes-Rosario, all needed translators when they pleaded guilty Tuesday."

My hat is off to Judge Peter Paul Olszewsky Jr.!

Read the whole article here.

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