[KR: It is unclear from the story whether the three people on parole are foreign-born and legally in the United States. Does this kind of "creative sentencing" noted by the AP violate equal protection?]
Pa. Judge Sentences 3 to Learn English
March 27, 2008
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — 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.