PECULIAR PUNISHMENTS

THE PICNIC

A group of high school students decided to vandalize a school bus

which prevented some school children from going on their

outing. The students were then ordered by a judge to

hold a picnic for the youngsters.

STANDING IN A KIDDIE POOL

When Bruce Crawford and Grace Nash went on a rafting trip with

an unregistered raft and no flotation devices, they lied to park

rangers about the raft belonging to them. This triggered a

huge manhunt for the missing raft owner which in the end turned

out to be the couple. The judge then ordered them to stand in a

kiddie pool wearing life jackets and handing out leaflets on

water safety.

BLINDFOLDED

Jeremy Sherwood was convicted of stealing from an adult video

store so the judge had him stand outside blindfolded with a

sign that said “see no evil”.

A BAD LANDLORD

After landlord Nicholas Dionisopoulos violated a bunch of building

codes on his properties, the judge ordered him to house arrest

 in one of his own buildings for 6 months.

THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO EVER GO TO TRAFFIC SCHOOL

When a mother got a ticket for not buckling up her 6 year old son,

she explained to Judge Sanchez that her child refused to wear a

seatbelt. The judge then had the 6 year old go to traffic school,

possibly the youngest student ever!

THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR

After funeral director Bernie Tiede was convicted of murdering

Marjorie Nugent and storing her body in a freezer, he was

sentenced to life in prison. Director Richard Linklater later made

a movie about him called “Bernie”. After it was revealed that Bernie

was abused as a child the judge had him released from prison on

condition that he would receive counselling and live with Linklater.

PEPPER SPRAY

When Diamond T. Gaston was arrested for pepper spraying

somebody, the judge had her decide between spending 30 days

in jail or having the victim pepper spray her back. She chose the

latter, although the substance turned out to be plain water.

PAY UP!

Victoria E. Bascom failed to pay her taxi driver so the judge

forced her to walk the entire distance of her cab ride (30 miles).