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bassexpander



Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:44 am    Post subject: Learn English or go to jail! Reply with quote

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342312,00.html
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Throw the Book at 'Em: Judge Sentences Three Men to Learn English or Go to Jail
Thursday, March 27, 2008


WILKES-BARRE, Pa. � A judge known for creative sentencing has ordered three Spanish-speaking men to learn English or go to jail.

The men, who faced prison for criminal conspiracy to commit robbery, can remain on parole if they learn to read and write English, earn their GEDs and get full-time jobs, Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. said....
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Ilsanman



Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea

PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good on him. That's a lot more than those criminals deserve.
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whatever



Joined: 11 Jun 2006
Location: Korea: More fun than jail.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds like a good plan for Koreans...
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jetrash



Joined: 02 Jun 2007
Location: the united steaks

PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

actually,the way things are in the world...the koreans are all in jail..unless they learn english.
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browneyedgirl



Joined: 17 Jul 2007

PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmm...wouldn't learning English help them commit more crimes? You don't have to speak English to get a job in America.
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ironwolves



Joined: 25 Feb 2008
Location: South Carolina USA

PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

To many Democrats here to make this effective. The bad thing is that most of the southern states here in the USA have a great population of Spanish speaking people who refuse to learn English.
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