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"It's 'give back' time: Locally grown foods and criminal sentences"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this interesting op-ed in today's Chicago Tribune authored by Professors Lynn Branham and Bruce Branham.  As the title hints, the piece has a creative proposal for an alternative sentencing program. Here are excerpts: A few months ago, the two of us were, once again, victims of crime ? burglary and theft. We felt what so many crime victims feel. Invaded. Vulnerable. Angry. What we soon discovered, though, was that there were limits ? rational limits ? to our anger toward those who had victimized us. When we asked each other whether we wanted these people sent to jail or perhaps even prison if they were caught and convicted, the answer, to our surprise, was no. We wanted something more. What we really wanted was not to "get back" at the perpetrators of the crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 19, 2010 (boomark / email).