by Ray Newman, radio and television commentator, attorney, educator, author

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

CLEANING UP THE MESS

I don't know if the woman, here on a Chinese passport, accused of defacing a half dozen or so of our national monuments and buildings with green paint, is guilty or not, but I do know her potential punishment...10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine...is wrong.  As a first time offender and with time off for good behavior (whatever that means), she could be out of prison in a year or two, have friends or some political organization pay her fine, and be merrily on her way to commit new mischief.

The estimated cost of cleaning up just one of her desecrations is $15,000.  We should total up the cleaning cost of all her messes and make her repay that amount solely from her prison wages...which at about $2 a day would take her over 20 years for that one mess alone...and keep her in prison until it is paid in full.  No quick buyouts by anti-American groups!

Perhaps that would send out a proper message about how American justice works.

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