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Reply to "Go to church, or get locked up"

Back to the drawing board?

 

By Kim Lanier
Religion News Service

BAY MINETTE, Ala. (RNS) An alternative sentencing plan that would give inmates the choice between time in jail or a year in church will be delayed for several weeks while lawyers review it to make sure there are no legal issues.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama sent a letter to city leaders on Monday (Sept. 26) demanding an immediate end to the program, which it says "flagrantly" violates the separation of church and state. The letter also requested public records on the program's development and creation.

"It's good to hear they are delaying implementation," said Alabama ACLU executive director Olivia Turner.

 

 

 

The alternative program will not be offered to all defendants and will be offered at a judge's discretion, Rowland said. Offenders who try the program and find it's not working for them can go back before the judge for a different sentence, according to Rowland.

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Mmmmmm, wonder what that "different" sentencing will be?


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