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Judge Offers Three Men Facing Jail Time Parole if They Learn English

A Pennsylvania judge has offered three men who are facing possible prison time parole if they learn to read and write English. Also, in addition to learning English the men are required to get their GED and find a full-time job.

Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski noted that all three men, Ricardo Dominguez, Luis Reyes and Kelvin Reyes-Rosario, had to use a translator when they showed up to court and pleaded guilty for criminal conspiracy to commit robbery.

According to the judge’s ruling the three men will have to return with their parole officers in a year to take an English test. What do you think about the judge’s sentence given to these three men? I personally feel that in the end it will benefit them.

Original report: www.pressconnects.com

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Man Sentenced to 10 Days in Jail Per Word After Threatening Judge

After threatening to kill a criminal court judge, Joshua Beadle was held in contempt and ordered to serve 10 days in jail for every word after the judge ordered the man to stop with the threatening comments. The judge stopped counting at 70, which results in Beadle serving 700 days in jail.

That is not all to the story either. Beadle had to wear a special spit mask at the hearing on Monday because in January he spit at the judge. He missed the judge and hit a clerk’s computer. Beadle did, however, apologize to the clerk and said that his target was the judge.

Beadle was in court to face rape and burglary charges. More info on this story can be found at CommercialAppeal.com.

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Man Beat to Death for Casting “Evil-Eye” Spell

According to officials on Mexico’s Caribbean coast a man was brutally murdered by three men after allegedly placing an “evil-eye” spell on one of their relatives. The incident happened on Saturday, March 22nd.

The three men stabbed the victim, Lucas Dominguez, seven times and then used a rock to crush in the man’s skull. They also tried to burn Dominguez’s body. This brutal murder happened near a resort in Cancun, Mexico.

As of right now two of the men, 24-year-old Pedro Alvarez and 19-year-old Gustavo Nunez, have been detained, but one of the men is still at large. The assistant prosecutor has said that the two people detained have confessed. Hopefully they will soon be able to catch the third assailant.

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Robber Hypnotizes Cashier and then Steals Money

According to news reports a man robbed a local supermarket in Italy on March 23; however, this is no ordinary robbery. The man supposedly hypnotized the female cashier, and then took the money from her register. Here is the video from AP on this very odd incident.

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