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To: kingu

Abbink faces five months in jail while McKee has been sentenced to serve eight months behind bars.
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were convicted of focused residential picketing, and each of them was sentenced to a jail term of 60 days. Abbink and McKee appealed to the district court for Lancaster County, which affirmed both convictions and both sentences.
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OK ,,, how did 60 days each turn into 5 months and 8 months?


34 posted on 01/04/2008 6:59:08 PM PST by Neidermeyer
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To: Neidermeyer
OK ,,, how did 60 days each turn into 5 months and 8 months?

My only guess is that either they were subject to additional prosecution in the interim, or there were penalties involved for not acting in a timely manner to report to jail.

41 posted on 01/04/2008 7:16:45 PM PST by kingu (Fred08 - The Constitution is the value I'm voting for. What value are you voting for?)
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