Looking at corpses, walking 30 miles and even dressing up as a chicken: The bizarre punishments handed out by one eccentric judge instead of jail - and he insists it works! Judge Michael Cicconetti offers 'personal' punishments that fit the crime. He made teen walk 30 miles for taking cab same distance without paying. Also ordered man who solicited a prostitute to dress up in a chicken suit. Let's see what else he did.
He exposes the criminals to the crimes they committed. Of course, he does this in a symbolical and an educational way.
He is also the president of the American Association of Judges.Let's look at the crazy decisions that reflect the creative justice of the judge.
In 2005, an Ohio woman abandoned 35 kittens in the cold, snowy woods.
'How would you like to be dumped off at a metro park late at night, spend the night listening to the coyotes ... , listening to the raccoons around you in the dark night, and sit out there in the cold not knowing where you're going to get your next meal, not knowing when you are going to be rescued?' Cicconetti asked the defendant.
Cicconetti decided that instead of going to jail for 60 days, Ms Bascom could instead walk 30 miles in 48 hours - the length of the trip.
“My judicial philosophy is really not that much different from a parental philosophy,” said the judge. “I have five children. You can paddle them or spank them, but what do you gain?”
To those who say Cicconetti’s punishments are cruel and unusual, he asks, “What is cruel and unusual punishment? Is it a little bit of embarrassment and humiliation?”
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