Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Judge sentences drunk driver to public humiliation

A judge in Houston, Texas, sentenced a convicted drunk driver to humiliation. The drunk driver killed another man when he crashed into his car. Now the whole city will know what happened.

In June of 2011, 20-year-old Aaron Pennywell was killed when he was struck by 38-year-old Michael Giacona.



On Saturday, after spending 90 days in jail, Giacona re-visited the scene, but not because he wanted to.

Harris County Judge Mike Fields has ordered him to spend the next four Saturdays out there from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. while holding a sign that says he killed Pennywell.

There's a news video here.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is about five minutes from my house. They've had banner-sized photos of the dead kid up on the fence for months now, but I haven't seen drunk-boy out there with his sign yet. Not that I really give a rat's ass, mind you. Dead is dead, and it ain't me. Whatever.

Anonymous said...

If i'm reading the stories right it was his second DUI, killed a person, and got 90 days in jail? Some justice system.

Elagie said...

He shouldn't be able to wear sunglasses or baseball cap -- if this is intended to be shaming (and he certainly deserves be be shamed, to my mind) he should be recognizable.