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Title: Oklahoma Judge Sentences Teen to Church for 10 Years
Source:
ABC News
URL Source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlin ... s-teen-to-church-for-10-years/
Published: Nov 18, 2012
Author: Christina Lopez
Post Date: 2012-11-18 12:14:15 by Hondo68
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Keywords: attend church of choice
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Anybody who knows Oklahoma District Court Judge Mike Norman probably yawned at the news that he’d sentenced a teen offender to attend church as part of his probation arrangement, and that the judge’s pastor was in the courtroom at the time. Not only had he handed down such a sentence before, but he’d required one man to bring the church program back with him when he reported to court. “The Lord works in many ways,” Norman, 69, told ABC News today. “I’ve done a little bit of this kind of thing before, but never on such a serious charge.” Norman sentenced Tyler Alred, 17, Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in August for killing friend and passenger John Luke Dum in a car crash. Dum died on impact in December after Alred crashed his Chevrolet pickup truck, ejecting Dum. Alred was 16 at the time of the crash and had been drinking prior to the deadly accident. Oklahoma Highway Patrol issued a Breathalyzer at the time, and although Alred was under the state’s legal alcohol limit, he had been drinking underage. The judge could have sent Alred to jail but, instead, taking into account his clean criminal and school records, sentenced him to wear a drug and alcohol bracelet, participate in counseling groups and attend a church of his choosing – weekly. He must also graduate from high school. To avoid jail time, Norman gave Alred a maximum 10-year deferred sentence. He’d never passed down the church-attendance requirement for someone as young as Alred, said Norman, who has worked as a district Judge in Muskogee for 14 years. “It’s not going to be automatic, I guarantee you,” Norman said of the church sentence on future manslaughter charges. “There are a lot of people who say I can’t do what I did. They’re telling me I can’t legally sentence someone to church.” Alred’s lawyer is not among the critics. “I usually represent outlaws and criminals,” defense attorney Donn Baker told the Muskogee Phoenix. “This is a kid that made a mistake. I think he’s worth saving.” In the courtroom this week, an emotional scene between the victim’s family and Alred played out after statements from Dum’s mother, father and two sisters were read during the sentencing. Dum’s father and Alred stood up in court, turned toward each other and embraced one another. “At that moment, it sure became a reality to me that I would sentence this boy to church” to help set him on the right path, Norman, a member of First Baptist Church in Muskogee, said. “There’s nothing I can do to make this up to the family. “I told my preacher I thought I led more people to Jesus than he had but, then again, more of my people have amnesia. They soon forget once they get out of jail.” After completing the rest of the requirements in his sentence, Alred will have the charge removed from his record. “Only time will tell if we’ve saved Tyler Alred’s life,” the judge said.
Poster Comment: He'll be a devout wiccan, after attending for 10 years.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
Maybe the judge should have remanded him to your custody and you both could post articles and comments of dubious merit on obscure, closed-circuit message boards that maybe all of 10 different people see.
war has to do something for entertainment; the voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
You're whining again, Rudgear.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Keep dancing and avoiding backing up what you post.
war has to do something for entertainment; the voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
Your messages are all short circuited. Try posting them at a progressive MitTard worship site.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Not now or ever have I been a Romney supporter. You, whiningold loonymom and Brian Shit have that trait in common. Looking at politics to solve your and the country's problems; not to mention personality cult worship. I know that runs at right angles to your know-all-tell-all attitude, but comparing meto yuklown when you yourself post constantly EVERY DAY is an irony you are incapable of appreciating.
war has to do something for entertainment; the voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
And you look at corporations like hedge funded Hostess to solve them, after your retirement investments and savings are confiscated by those same Wall Street hedge funds, and derivatives managers. No thanks.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
When you actually post something other than your whining and bitching. You post opinion, so I get to post it too. If your opinion is that what I post is wrong, then prove it.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Union criminals need to be jailed and useful idiots need to wise up. Neither will happen, though. Don't worry about mean old Wall Street, they support your chocolate savior and they more than anyone else are responsible for his being kept in office. Kinda ironic, since you equate asset seizure with them. Typical case of you demolishing your own argument.
war has to do something for entertainment; the voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
The burden of proof is on you. We both know you can't produce a link or cite a source. You lose. Always.
war has to do something for entertainment; the voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
On a chit chat channel like this one? Give me a break. Blue Mountain Group .....remember where you heard it first.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Posts Tagged Blue Mountain Group Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
You sound like buckeroo bobby. I'll quote you on this response. Benghazi = fast and furious gun running.
war has to do something for entertainment; the voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
Evidently it's another one of your talking points.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
I don't have talking points. You, on the other hand puke Blue Mountain Group quite often. How is that not a talking point?
war has to do something for entertainment; the voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
He'll be a devout wiccan, after attending for 10 years.
#2. To: Rudgear (#1)
Maybe the judge should have remanded him to your custody and you both could post articles and comments of dubious merit on obscure, closed-circuit message boards that maybe all of 10 different people see.
#3. To: mininggold (#2)
#4. To: Rudgear, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#1)
closed-circuit message
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#5. To: hondo68 (#4)
#6. To: Rudgear (#5)
Not now or ever have I been a Romney supporter. You, whiningold loonymom and Brian Shit have that trait in common. Looking at politics to solve your and the country's problems; not to mention personality cult worship. I know that runs at right angles to your know-all-tell-all attitude, but comparing meto yuklown when you yourself post constantly EVERY DAY is an irony you are incapable of appreciating.
#7. To: Rudgear (#3)
(Edited)
Keep dancing and avoiding backing up what you post.
#8. To: mininggold (#6)
#9. To: mininggold (#7)
#10. To: Rudgear (#9)
The burden of proof is on you. We both know you can't produce a link or cite a source. You lose. Always.
#11. To: mininggold, *Arab Spring Jihad* (#10)
Disaster Response: PSC’s Come To The Rescue For Massive Evacuations In Libya 
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#12. To: mininggold (#10)
#13. To: Rudgear (#12)
You sound like buckeroo bobby. I'll quote you on this response. Benghazi = fast and furious gun running.
#14. To: mininggold (#13)
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