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Updated: 10:22 PM Aug 29, 2008
Man Can Go to Jail or Wear "I Was Stupid" Sign
Judge gives Eau Claire man option of jail time or wearing a sign around his neck reading "I was stupid." Posted: 3:14 PM Aug 29, 2008Reporter: WEAU 13 News Email Address: news@weau.com |
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Maybe all the people posting that he was 4x the legal limit should wear the stupid sign. .238 is just shy of THREE TIMES the legal limit. Also a OMVWI is an unclassified misdemeanor, so there is not set jail time or punishment. So if you like it or not, this is what he got. Next time, I bet he gets over 180 days and $2000 in fines.
this guy has a owi...is pictured on the news...has people commenting on how they feel the judge is wrong (which I am sure you were all in court and know the whole story) GIVE IT UP!! what could have happened,should have,might have DID NOT HAPPEN. SO... the judge thinks the sign is punishment enough to add on to the punishment he already has so let it be OR you run for judge.
It's amazing how this situation and the situation of the hill jumpers are the same - yet different. The response to this particular situation is "he should go to jail" etc., but when someone kills someone else hill jumping it is an "accident", "he didn't mean to kill his friend". See how this can be confusing???
Call this punishment?? oK, now I rob a bank and get caught, do I wear a sign in front of that bank for a day reading= I was stupid and tried to rob this bank. I got caught trying to shoot someone= I was sorry I missed my target? I get caught for identity theft= I was stupid and tried to be someone else? I think this judge ought to stand along side this man with a sign saying= I let drunk drivers get away with it!!!!!!!!!
i wish that when i am dumb and get pulled over for drinking and driving over 4 times the limit that someone gives me a sign to wear for one day and then i don't have to worry about the mistake that i could have made by killing someone, all because i wore a sign and that was my punishment! how stupid....he should wear the sign and go to jail.
Where has our justice system gone wrong?? There should be stronger punishments for people who choose to take other peoples lives in their hands. They should make him never want to do something like that again but instead they are showing him that it is alright and he will only have to wear a sign for 8 hours!!! He could have killed someone!
Only a day...how about a whole week, M-F?
The math doesn't add up in my book. 1 day is 24 hours not 8 hours. If he wants him to wear a sign for a day it should be 3 eight hour shifts.
THE JUDGE SHOULD HAVE MADE HIM HAVE IT TATOOED ON HIS FOREHEAD AND WEAR IT FOR LIFE!!!!
Thought Cameron was a waste for a judge this one gives him a run for his money. How do these guys get elected?????????
I'm sure we will be reading another story about this guy killing someone, because the judge is making a joke of the whole thing. Drinking and driving should be a serious crime, whether you actually kill someone or not. There is always the potential - if you drink while you drive, you could kill someone. Just because you didn't kill anyone that time, doesn't make it ok...
I went to school with this guy, he needs to wear the sign..But invite all his old high school friends to watch him out there.
I could go either way on this. Public humiliation is a good form of punishment. But the guy was drinking and driving and was 4 times the legal limit anything could've happened.
Peolple should know the whole story before they go rambling on about things!! This was added on to his sentance he already recieved!
I agree with Jamie. What is this judge thinking. Did the guy even get an OWI? This bs punishment will give him a good story at the bars the night he ends up killing someone while driving drunk. Way to go Lenz