Martha's going to jailFollow

but only for five months. I'm sure it will be a cushy jail as well. At least she got some time.

Nexa

Did they mention if it's the type where she'll be allowed to leave during the day to do business or if she's got to be there 24/7? I think it sucks that they let some people leave during the day.

Nexa

I thought she was doing that prison-from-home program where you are constantly monitered and are only allowed to leave under supervision and at only at certain times.

But yes a lot of white-collar crimes do not go to the hardcore prisons.

Hey, at least it's not as light of a sentence as some people get.

I have a cousin that is an indisputable alcoholic. He was kicked out of the navy for drinking too much. He's had facial reconstructive surgery from totalling a 67 ford pickup into an embankment 60 miles from home...while driving home from a bar only 15 miles from home. He has 4 DUIs under his belt and, of course, no license.

He's nearly killed himself with his drunken weavings countless times. He endangers everyone on or even near a road when he gets behind the wheel drunk.

His last DUI was racked up when he already had no license. Guess what the judge did?

That's right, he goes to jail on the weekends.

Monday through Friday he lives his normal drunken life. Friday evening he goes to the jailhouse and checks in. Sunday night, they let him out. What a *****-*** idea of punishment!

Going back to the infamous prediction thread of 2003...this is yet another prediction that I got correct.

Tacosid

Even as she was about to go to jail, her public announcement was nothing more than to try and sell her products...

Eh, I wouldn't really want to spend five months locked in a hotel room for that matter. Given that her crime wasn't all that serious, both in scope or financial value, I think the prison term is more than fair. Give the long prison terms to the folks from Enron, et al who have been pretty much ignored while everyone focuses on nailing Martha to the wall.

Yeah, the fine could have been higher.

I won't defend her crime, and I hear she's not exactly Miss Merry Sunshine to work for, but the number of people who wanted to see her locked away in a cell solely because she makes wreaths out of cranberry twigs is a bit worrisome.

Sounds like he's on the Mayberry jail-time plan. It worked for Otis!

Seriously though, that's very scary.

Nexa meant the monentary fine, not the jail time.

She says she thinks the fine should have been larger. I agree though I find the jail time to be more than sufficent. It's not like we really need to be paying tax dollars to keep Martha off the street because she's some sort of public menace.