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champ000 · #1 03-27-08, 03:51 PM

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

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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.

The men, Luis Reyes, Ricardo Dominguez and Rafael Guzman-Mateo, plus a fourth defendant, Kelvin Reyes-Rosario, all needed translators when they pleaded guilty Tuesday.

"Do you think we are going to supply you with a translator all of your life?" the judge asked them.

The four, ranging in age from 17 to 22, were in a group that police said accosted two men on a street in May. The two said they were asked if they had marijuana, told to empty their pockets, struck on the head, threatened with a gun and told to stay off the block.

Attorneys for the men said they were studying the legality of the ruling and had not decided whether to appeal. One of the attorneys, Ferris Webby, suggested that the ruling was good for his client, Guzman-Mateo.

"My client is happy," Webby said. "I think it's going to help him."

The judge sentenced the four men to jail terms of four to 24 months. But he gave the three men, who already had served at least four months, immediate parole. Reyes-Rosario remains imprisoned on an unrelated drug charge.

Olszewski ordered the three to return with their parole officers in a year and take an English test. "If they don't pass, they're going in for the 24 (months)," he said.

Olszewski is known for outside-the-box sentencing.

He has ordered young defendants who are school dropouts to finish school. He often orders defendants to get full-time employment. But he also has his staff coordinate with an employment agency to help them find the jobs.

would b nice if they did this all over america

curtus e flush · #2 03-27-08, 04:24 PM

Olszewski is the man...

***THE BOUNCER*** · #3 03-27-08, 04:40 PM

good stuff. we need more people in power like him.

alwaysgrowing · #4 03-27-08, 05:11 PM

Some americans can't speak the english language too well. I guess this is a start.

curtus e flush · #5 03-27-08, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by alwaysgrowing

Some americans can't speak the english language too well. I guess this is a start.

too well and not at all are not the same...

bigscott · #6 03-27-08, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by curtus e flush

too well and not at all are not the same...

amen to that !!!!

hitmansb · #7 03-28-08, 12:27 AM

Great judge. Rather than treat the symptom, he seeks to treat and cure the problem: if they can speak English and at least have their H.S. diploma, they are much more likely to gain and hold legitimate employment...which means they will less likely to re-offend.

***THE BOUNCER*** · #8 03-28-08, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by curtus e flush

too well and not at all are not the same...

maybe i am dumb but i have no clue what you just said. lol

NewbieChris · #9 03-28-08, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by THE BOUNCER

maybe i am dumb but i have no clue what you just said. lol

He said there is a difference between someone who has poor grammar and someone who can not speak English at all. Which is fervently not true. In my opinion if you have been through 10-12 years of public schooling and you can't formulate a coherent sentence, then you are just as bad as someone who can't speak our language.

***THE BOUNCER*** · #10 03-28-08, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by NewbieChris

He said there is a difference between someone who has poor grammar and someone who can not speak English at all. Which is fervently not true. In my opinion if you have been through 10-12 years of public schooling and you can't formulate a coherent sentence, then you are just as bad as someone who can't speak our language.

wha you be saying yo?

NewbieChris · #11 03-28-08, 09:58 AM

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wha you be saying yo?

Fucking New Jersey...

***THE BOUNCER*** · #12 03-28-08, 09:59 AM

i am sorry but no area is more guilty of butchering the English language then the south is. some of the those fuckers speak a different language all together.

NewbieChris · #13 03-28-08, 10:05 AM

It is this entire country.

***THE BOUNCER*** · #14 03-28-08, 10:26 AM

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It is this entire country.

so you include yourself then? "entire country" would imply every single person in it.

NewbieChris · #15 03-28-08, 10:47 AM

Yes, because we are taught such poor grammar from day one. Although, I try to elevate myself from that level.

***THE BOUNCER*** · #16 03-28-08, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by NewbieChris

Yes, because we are taught such poor grammar from day one. Although, I try to elevate myself from that level.

ok cool, so you admit you can't speak.

NewbieChris · #17 03-28-08, 12:32 PM

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ok cool, so you admit you can't speak.

No, I have the ability to form sentences. However, I do not have perfect grammar. You on the other hand...we won't go there.

curtus e flush · #18 03-28-08, 02:24 PM

[quote=NewbieChris;429691]He said there is a difference between someone who has poor grammar and someone who can not speak English at all. thats what i meant..