Arbitration & Mediation

Street Justice?

By Christopher Annunziata

A judge in Ohio sentenced a man convicted of stealing a Salvation Army holiday donation kettle to spend one night, “anywhere but in a house.” In a startling show of honesty, the thief assumed responsibility for his actions:

“My initial reaction was, ‘Wow.’ But I don’t think the sentence is too harsh,” said Smith, who expected to spend Thursday night in a homeless shelter. “I can see the judge’s point because what I did, I shouldn’t have done. Now I’ve got to pay the consequences.”

I guess the judge’s thought process was because the Salvation Army feeds the homeless with that money, that making the man spend a night “homeless” was “street justice.”

Full post as published by CKA Mediation and Arbitration Services Blog on January 25, 2008 (boomark / email).