Comments on: A 21st Century answer to the public stocks? https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/04/a-21st-century-answer-to-the-public-stocks/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 04 Apr 2015 22:53:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bill H https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/04/a-21st-century-answer-to-the-public-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-321566 Sat, 04 Apr 2015 22:53:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=52275#comment-321566 Might be a 21st Century answer, but let’s get real here: you were primed to toss rotten fruit, weren’t you?

The one bad thing about this idea is it will continue to punish the offender once their legal punishment is discharged. I don’t have a problem with ensuring their crimes aren’t repeated, but I do have a problem with utterly destroying someone long past the time served, especially when genuine repentance or reform is demonstrated.

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