Talk about unusual punishment:
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Texas teens who vandalized veterans park get customized punishment
The Associated Press
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (August 29, 2000 9:45 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Nine teenagers must watch the movie "Saving Private Ryan" and read "The Greatest Generation" after pleading guilty to vandalizing a veterans park and causing more than $45,000 in damage.
District Judge Charles Carver also ordered the nine to write 1,000-word essays due Dec. 7, the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Carver said he hoped the teens would learn about "the sacrifices of American soldiers in defense of your freedom."
They could have received a maximum sentence of 180 days in jail.
The punishment was handed down Monday as part of a plea bargain worked out in cooperation with veterans.
"We didn't want to destroy these kids lives by sending them to the penitentiary. We wanted to show them we are a compassionate generation, too," said Herb Stafford, a Veterans of Foreign Wars post commander.
The damage was done to the Golden Triangle Veterans Memorial Park during February, including the removal of plaques carrying the names of veterans who served during World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm.
Eleven of 14 concrete benches in the park were toppled, and a pane of glass in the top of a fighter jet cockpit was shattered. A window was broken in a helicopter, and its door was torn off and stolen.
"The Greatest Generation," is Tom Brokaw's book about the generation of Americans that dealt with World War II. "Saving Private Ryan," the blockbuster movie about the war, opens with the brutally realistic storming of Omaha Beach on D-Day.
The judge ordered the nine, who range in age from 17 to 19, to also serve two years probation, apologize to veterans who helped build the memorial 10 years ago, pay a $500 fine and perform 400 hours of community service.
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The story can be found HERE.
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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!
oberkommando sez:
"We lost the first and third and now they are after the Second!(no pun intended)"
As seen in Atlanta's AJC, The Vent: "Let it be known that in this great metropolitan area that you might be able to get away with murder, but you'd better not bash a mailbox."
[This message has been edited by KaMaKaZe (edited August 30, 2000).]
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Texas teens who vandalized veterans park get customized punishment
The Associated Press
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (August 29, 2000 9:45 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Nine teenagers must watch the movie "Saving Private Ryan" and read "The Greatest Generation" after pleading guilty to vandalizing a veterans park and causing more than $45,000 in damage.
District Judge Charles Carver also ordered the nine to write 1,000-word essays due Dec. 7, the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Carver said he hoped the teens would learn about "the sacrifices of American soldiers in defense of your freedom."
They could have received a maximum sentence of 180 days in jail.
The punishment was handed down Monday as part of a plea bargain worked out in cooperation with veterans.
"We didn't want to destroy these kids lives by sending them to the penitentiary. We wanted to show them we are a compassionate generation, too," said Herb Stafford, a Veterans of Foreign Wars post commander.
The damage was done to the Golden Triangle Veterans Memorial Park during February, including the removal of plaques carrying the names of veterans who served during World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm.
Eleven of 14 concrete benches in the park were toppled, and a pane of glass in the top of a fighter jet cockpit was shattered. A window was broken in a helicopter, and its door was torn off and stolen.
"The Greatest Generation," is Tom Brokaw's book about the generation of Americans that dealt with World War II. "Saving Private Ryan," the blockbuster movie about the war, opens with the brutally realistic storming of Omaha Beach on D-Day.
The judge ordered the nine, who range in age from 17 to 19, to also serve two years probation, apologize to veterans who helped build the memorial 10 years ago, pay a $500 fine and perform 400 hours of community service.
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The story can be found HERE.
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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!
oberkommando sez:
"We lost the first and third and now they are after the Second!(no pun intended)"
As seen in Atlanta's AJC, The Vent: "Let it be known that in this great metropolitan area that you might be able to get away with murder, but you'd better not bash a mailbox."
[This message has been edited by KaMaKaZe (edited August 30, 2000).]
