STRANGE PUNISHMENTS

AN EMBARRASSING SIGN

When Daniel and Eloise Mireles stole nearly a quarter of a million

dollars from Harris County Texas, the judge made them post a sign

in front of their house that read “The occupants of this residence,

Daniel and Eloise Mireles, are convicted thieves.”

THE CHICKEN SUIT

After Daniel Chapdelaine, Martin Soto, and Fabian Rodriquez-Ramirez

pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from an undercover police officer, 

the judge sentenced them to take turns walking around in a chicken

suit holding a sign that said “No Chicken Ranch in Painesville”.

The Chicken Ranch is a brothel in Nevada where soliciting sex is legal.

A NIGHT IN THE WOODS

Michelle M. Murray claimed that 35 kittens were left on her doorstep

and because she didn’t know what to do with them she abandoned

them in a local park where 9 of them later died. After asking her how

she thought it would feel to be abandoned all alone in the woods

overnight, the judge hearing her case sentenced her to

just that – a night in the woods alone.

BREAD AND WATER

Melissa Dawn Sweeney was a stable worker who was convicted of

animal abuse when she neglected her horses for nearly 4 months. 

Judge Mike Peters decided that for the first 3 days of her 30 day

jail stint she would only receive bread and water to match her crime.

THE SIGN ON THE STREETCORNER

Shena Hardin was driving down the street when she got stuck

behind a school bus. Instead of waiting, she drove around it on

the sidewalk. Judge Pinkey Carr had her stand on a street corner

holding a sign that read “Only an idiot would drive on the

sidewalk to avoid a school bus.”

A MANDATORY VASECTOMY

Although none of Jessie Lee Herald’s crimes were sexual in nature

(mostly reckless endangerment), part of his plea deal included

getting a vasectomy. Since he had 7 children with 6 women, the

judge thought preventing him from having any more kids

would force him to take care of the ones that he already had.

TOO BIG FOR JAIL

Jude Medcalf got in trouble for stealing Christmas presents,

tea money, and other things, all of which landed him in prison.

After some time, however, the warden decided that 7ft Jude was too

big for his cell so the judge just gave him a 6 month curfew.

HAIR LOSS

Teenager Kaytlen Lopan and her friend were at McDonald’s when

they began to bully a 3 year old girl by cutting off her hair.

The judge decided to give a reciprocal punishment by having

Kaytlen’s hair cut right there in the courtroom.

A DONKEY ADVENTURE

When Satanists Jessica Lange and Brian Patrick defaced a nativity

scene the judge had them walk through town leading a donkey with a

sign that read “Sorry for the jackass offense”