US balloon boy parents are given jail sentences
Discussion
Halb said:
Good. Bunch of idiots!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8429080....
I like the part about prohibiting them from gainin finacially from their case.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8429080....
T89 Callan said:
A bit ridiculous really, he o nly has to sleep in jail and she serves her time over 10 weeks after he has served his time. Not really a jail sentence is it?
A long comunity service sentence and fine would be more fitting to repay the wasted time and money that they caused.
Try reading the whole story before commenting...A long comunity service sentence and fine would be more fitting to repay the wasted time and money that they caused.
News Story said:
The judge also ruled that her husband must serve 100 hours of community service and write a letter of apology to the community and public service agencies which helped search for his son.
The couple have already been ordered to pay $42,000 (£26,000) in restitution for the emergency services' rescue efforts.
The couple have already been ordered to pay $42,000 (£26,000) in restitution for the emergency services' rescue efforts.
Edited by shakotan on Wednesday 23 December 21:09
shakotan said:
T89 Callan said:
A bit ridiculous really, he o nly has to sleep in jail and she serves her time over 10 weeks after he has served his time. Not really a jail sentence is it?
A long comunity service sentence and fine would be more fitting to repay the wasted time and money that they caused.
Try reading the whole story before commenting...A long comunity service sentence and fine would be more fitting to repay the wasted time and money that they caused.
News Story said:
The judge also ruled that her husband must serve 100 hours of community service and write a letter of apology to the community and public service agencies which helped search for his son.
The couple have already been ordered to pay $42,000 (£26,000) in restitution for the emergency services' rescue efforts.
The couple have already been ordered to pay $42,000 (£26,000) in restitution for the emergency services' rescue efforts.
Edited by shakotan on Wednesday 23 December 21:09
I still think that the sentence should be more comunity based and the jail bit has been rendered pointless.
The judge has realised that sending the parents to jail will cost them their jobs and only hurt the children so why bother with jail at all? This watered down version is silly.
The woman running screaming out of the house whilst the husband was counting down 5,4,3,2,1 and letting the balloon go was absolutely hilarious. Comic genius!
Unfortunately, on the other hand, pretending that your child was going to die - by falling thousands of feet or from hypoxia - simply to raise publicity deserves a prison term as a wake up call.
Unfortunately, on the other hand, pretending that your child was going to die - by falling thousands of feet or from hypoxia - simply to raise publicity deserves a prison term as a wake up call.
Jimbeaux said:
Halb said:
Good. Bunch of idiots!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8429080....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8429080....
Edited by Jimbeaux on Thursday 24th December 00:22
T89 Callan said:
A bit ridiculous really, he o nly has to sleep in jail and she serves her time over 10 weeks after he has served his time. Not really a jail sentence is it?
A long comunity service sentence and fine would be more fitting to repay the wasted time and money that they caused.
They have been made a spectacle of and prohibited from gaining finacially on their case. Attention and money is what they set out to get; I believe the sentence works.A long comunity service sentence and fine would be more fitting to repay the wasted time and money that they caused.
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