FELONY FARM WORK Ohio Judges Consider New Punishment For Felony Offenders
Reported by: Rachael Tarr
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Jan. 9, 2012 11:49 AM EST
Updated: Jan. 9, 2012 12:07 PM EST
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Lawrence
, Ohio
It may sound like a chain gang but a couple of Ohio judges are rethinking how to punish some first-time felony offenders.
Two common pleas judges in Lawrence county are considering putting them on a farm growing vegetables.
If established, it would be a community service program that would target minor felons who are not eligible for prison because of a change last year in state law.
The judges say the program would allow first-time Ohio offenders to grow vegetables that the jail and local senior centers can use while teaching them job skills.
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