Judge Takes Away Teen's Xbox

[CaptainKoala]

I love judges who are actually interested in helping the people they deal with instead of just sentencing them and moving on.

 

[Drakmeire]

I now love Ireland more than ever.
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[Saltyk]

This works for me.

And despite what seems to be a popular belief, I'm pretty sure judges in America can do similar things to this. It really just depends on the court, the judge, and the crime. It's probably happens every so often in juvenile court (which is where I assume this is taking place). I'm pretty sure I've heard of judges implementing similar punishments to people in the states. Though they are few and far between. Like I imagine this kind of thing is in Ireland, too. Which is why it would be news worthy.

 

[Kopikatsu]

Well, not sure if that would be allowed to happen in America. That's part of the reason I like it here. Even if they kept the Xbox, there'd be a debate.

But seriously, we abandoned "Eye for an eye" decades ago. I'm feeling kinda Ron Paul on this one: send him to jail, but let him keep his shit at home.

I do see your point there. Sliding scale of when something is "something of value to teach me a lesson" can leave a presidence that leads to "taking all your money away to deprive you of your ability to defend yourself."

People need to stop with this 'It sets a bad precedent' crap. It's in EVERY SINGLE NEWS THREAD. Metaphorically smacking some jerk upside the head because he's being an asshole isn't going to lead to some Orwellian nightmare future where nobody has any rights. Jeezus.

 

[William MacKay]

imagine if he'd said 'i really appreciate the lack of alcohol in the house.'
but this is completely legal, because bail is freedom with bonds (usually money) as security that the defendant will return for trial. plus, he gets punished when he's on bail.

 

[novixz]

Fair and just if you ask me. Though I don't see what is stopping him from buying another. He gets what he deserves, and there are thousands of ways to phrase that, but it's all the same. It would have been nice to see a video of him crying. (because for some sick, twisted reason I get pleasure from seeing children cry. Mostly when it's karma.)

 

[bobmd13]

Its actually Northern Ireland and therefore British Justice.

Here is the BBC link to the story.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13964446

 

[WorldCritic]

I always told people that Ireland was awesome.

 

[v3n0mat3]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHA... AHAHAHAHA AHA... AHAHA... Oh man, that's fucking funny. Hell, I agree with the sentence. Stupid kid. He deserves it.

 

[n19h7m4r3]

Excuse me, Belfast is in Northern Ireland not Ireland, which is short for the Republic of Ireland.

So it was the Brits that pulled out this sweet justice.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

The judges decision was, For Great JUSTICE!!

And so it was.

Not that I expect this to work.

 

[Something Amyss]

Wow, that's an interesting idea.

The thing that worries me is decisions like this can lead to more punishing and "crippling" ones. I mean, in this case, it strikes me as borderline brilliant. It's just the future of "creative" decisions that always bugs me.

 

[Dan Steele]

I like this justice system, minus the blasphemy law in there law system

 

[Communist partisan]

I support the 13 year old fella, robberies or just being a pure scum in society is fun. He can easily steal a new one so I think he got a way really smooth.

 

[Use_Imagination_here]

Isn't there a clause in the American law that prevents "cruel and unusual punishment"? Seems to fit the bill for the latter.

HAppened in Ireland.

 

[Electric_Sunshine]

That was right for the judge to do, however I think Partisan has a point, the kid may just steal another one. Which is possible to happen since he appears to be ignorant/foolish and might not learn his lesson so quickly.

 

[brainslurper]

Interesting. Maybe this should be done more frequently? Not necessarily with Xboxs particularly. Hope the kid learns his lesson.

Actually, this should be done to everyone on this planet. That would solve a lot of problems.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

This Judge is my kind of disciplinarian. Kids get off the hook too easy far too often.

 

[Red Albatross]

That...is a great punishment. Too bad it's more likely that the kid will steal someone else's Xbox than actually learning something.

 

[GeorgW]

I was worried this was some sort of that stupid "games cause violence" argument again, glad to see it wasn't.
I always like creative punishment.