I remember a conversation I had with my brother where he said he was against cruel punishment, but the country could stand a little more unusual punishment.
Brother, you got it:
SAGINAW, Mich. — A 73-year-old man has been ordered to clean a veterans memorial with a toothbrush for taking part in a scam to solicit scrap yards for metal, saying it was to be used to build a memorial for soldiers in the Iraq war.
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“You certainly should be ashamed,” Saginaw County District Court Judge A.T. Frank said as he sentenced Kolinski to clean the veterans memorial in front of Governmental Center on Aug. 7.
“You will have a toothbrush and bucket with a placard saying you stole from veterans,” Frank said.
I wonder how he would punish prostitutes who scam their customers. Maybe I don’t want to know.
Either way, well done, your honor.
