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Judges Use Unusual Punishments Across States
United Press International reports a wave of unconventional penalties used by judges to cope with juvenile and petty offenders. Whiting Indiana Judge Obermiller orders public cleanups and hair shaving. Wilmington Delaware Judge Lynch returns to a 268 year old lash law. Woodstock Illinois Judge Ritter assigns teens to collect cans and write essays, while Orange Texas Judge Caillavet uses ridicule with youths in dresses and parental jail threats.
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William Obermiller
Whiting
Whiting’s
Lake
Ichigan Beach
Obermill
Woodstock
Ill
Obermiller
Whiti
Lynch
Justice of’ ‘the Peace
Joe Ritter
Wood‘stock, Hi
Tanner
Sid Caillavet
Orange Tex
Judg Caillavet