This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Criminal

Dec. 25, 2013

Who wants to spend the holidays in jail?

The answer might surprise you. By Wendy L. Patrick


By Wendy L. Patrick


Who wants to spend the holidays in jail? The answer might surprise you.


An Ohio judge made headlines this year by ordering a woman as part of her sentence to spend the next five Christmases in jail. Her crime? Illegally selling drivers licenses. While this may seem like an unusually cruel punishment, spending the holidays in jail is not the worst case scenario for many people.


But first, how many people spend time in cust...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up