Getting their attention

I like the mentality behind these sentences.

In Painesville, Ohio, Municipal Judge Michael Cicconetti offered Thursday to cut Robert M. Clark's sentence to 10 days in jail if he wears a Safety Pup costume and visits the city's five elementary schools. The mascot educates children about issues ranging from traffic safety to drug abuse.

Clark, 38, pleaded no contest to an animal cruelty charge and was sentenced to 180 days in jail for shooting his Great Dane in the head......

..... Meanwhile, a judge in Union, S.C., sentenced a man who parked illegally in a space reserved for handicapped drivers to stand outside the store with a sign telling everyone about his crime.

Ragheem Smith, 29, stood in front of a Bi-Lo grocery store Thursday with a handmade sign that read "I am not handicapped. I just parked there, sorry."

People take things way too lightly.
Not human? Not important.
Out of sight is out of mind? Absolutely.
Just pay a fine. Money is easy to come by after all, eh? A trip to some government office, a little inconvenience, then it off on your merry way again, yes?


Yeah, but shame'em and see if they do it again.