Man found with throat cut

A white murderer accused of the deaths of two people in Brockton last year was found with a self-inflicted slash wound to his neck in his prison cell Thursday morning. He was taken in ambulance to Boston to the hospital. They are investigating. He is awaiting trial for the January 2009 slayings of two people on Clinton Street in Brockton, including his former neighbor, Selma Goncalves, 20, and Arlindo Depina Goncalves, 72, a homeless man who was collecting cans. He is also accused of attacking and raping Selma Goncalves' sister. After his arrest,he allegedly told police he planned to kill as many Jews, blacks and "non-white" people as possible before turning the gun on himself.

I think that this is a terrible thing but i hope that he is okay so they can figure out what happened but by no means should he be let back on the streets.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/23023589/detail.html

An odd way of Punishment

A Putnam County judge sentenced a teenager guilty of shoplifting with a public punishment. The teenager Britney Ernst was sentenced to carry a sign in front of the courthouse saying, "I Stole From a Local Store" where everyone could see. Judge Miller has been doing this for years and he claims that the people hate it! He thinks that he's doing something right. Ernst says that it is not embarassing she has done it before. However, even if the punishment does not stop a person from becoming a repeat offender, it can save taxpayers money by not putting someone in jail. Britney doesn't mind she says it is just good exercise.

I honestly don't think that this would work as a way of punishment what do they learn? Nothing they just know that they can commit a crime and get away with just carrying a sign. This is a stupid way of punishing a person!

http://www.news4jax.com/news/23019871/detail.html