Tag: shaming punishments
By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Mon Oct 11, 2010 at 08:38:00 AM EST
Tags: shaming punishments (all tags)
Posted on Mon Oct 11, 2010 at 08:38:00 AM EST
Tags: shaming punishments (all tags)
Only in Texas? Or just more proof probation is no walk in the park? Daniel Mirales and his wife Eloise stole from a crime victims fund. She was a 16 year employee of the District Attorney's office. Is this shaming punishment really going to make a difference? And to whom besides the Mireles?
Daniel Mireles walked back and forth on Westheimer in front of the Galleria holding a sign. It read, "I am a thief. I stole $250,000 from the Harris County crime victim's fund. Daniel Mireles."
Mirales will have to do this for five hours every weekend for the next six years. (The spot is outside the Galleria mall in Houston.) This was his first weekend.[More...]
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