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Penelope Soto, Fla. teen who flipped off judge, apologizes and avoids 30-day sentence
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Posted on 02/08/2013 6:00:24 PM PST by SMGFan

(CBS) MIAMI - Penelope Soto, the Florida teen who was jailed after flipping off a Miami-Dade judge, avoided a month behind bars Friday after she apologized to him in person, reports CBS Miami.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: dade; florida; miami; penelopesoto

1 posted on 02/08/2013 6:00:30 PM PST by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Too bad.

Too many punks today already think that an apology suffices.

They should simply be punished. For the good of society.


2 posted on 02/08/2013 6:03:02 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: SMGFan

That’s too bad. That 30 days might have saved this girl.


3 posted on 02/08/2013 6:05:23 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: BenLurkin

If I were the Judge I would accept her apology and still have her spend 30 days in jail


4 posted on 02/08/2013 6:06:23 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: SMGFan

So he should have cut it back to 29 days... :p


5 posted on 02/08/2013 6:06:50 PM PST by thoolou ("I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." - David Bradley, inventor of Ctrl-Alt-Del)
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To: BenLurkin

Like I tell are the yutes.

Ya don’t have to respect everybody but you do need to be smart enough to know when to fake it.


6 posted on 02/08/2013 6:07:31 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: SMGFan

She’s a first timer with an addiction, and agreed to go to rehab. Let’s hope she learned from her mistake


7 posted on 02/08/2013 6:11:49 PM PST by Smedley (It's a sad day for American capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over Central Park)
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To: SampleMan
That 30 days might have saved this girl.

I doubt it... generally exposure to that sort of environment does more harm than good.

8 posted on 02/08/2013 6:12:20 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: SMGFan

Even more troubling is that this judge could barely speak English. How the heck did this guy graduate a US law school and get bar certified in the US?

Being a Miami-Dade judge, he will see more than just Spanish speaking defendants....lots of Haitian, Carribbean (different creole-type lang.), Brazilians, and other nationalities. He needs to work on his English

At least he knows what a “bird” is....


9 posted on 02/08/2013 6:38:52 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (GOP = Greenlighting Obama's Programs)
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To: BenLurkin

The judge was just using that 30 day sentence to slap some sense into her. He didn’t really want to punish her for her stupid attitude.

The judge obviously didn’t want to write, read, and sign a brief about sentencing her for being flippant.


10 posted on 02/08/2013 6:42:27 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: SMGFan

Maybe she will straighten out. She is a great looking kid, not stupid, if they can keep her away from the Miami street trash she might have a future.


11 posted on 02/08/2013 6:52:13 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: SeminoleCounty
At least he knows what a “bird” is....

Everybody knows the bird is the word.
The surfin bird is the word.

12 posted on 02/08/2013 7:44:57 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: SMGFan

She is frail and on dope. She was visibly shaking on TV. The judge was right not to throw her into the shark tank. This girl needs some competent rehab.... she was sentenced to 30 days rehab and lets see how it goes


13 posted on 02/08/2013 8:18:06 PM PST by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing --- Joe Pine)
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To: SMGFan

Nope, he should have made her serve even after apology. We need to teach our kids that sometimes saying “I’m sorry” doesn’t mean you get out of the consequence. Kids today have learned that saying I am sorry when they really feel no remorse gets them out of the punishment. She needs to feel the pain of her actions. Then the next time she will have a little more self control and hopefully understand the remorse of her bad choices.


14 posted on 02/08/2013 8:24:22 PM PST by EmilyGeiger
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To: SMGFan

Such a pity. Orange jump suits are so attractive.


15 posted on 02/09/2013 5:12:39 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

See, now, Trayvon wouldn’t have flipped off that judge, if only that Latino hadn’t murdered him. /s

Thanks SMGFan.


16 posted on 02/09/2013 8:20:39 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: SMGFan

Nothing like a day or two in the slam to get your head screwed on straight.


17 posted on 02/09/2013 8:22:32 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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