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Judge sentences rap fan to Bach, Beethoven
Associated Press ^

Posted on 10/09/2008 11:44:39 AM PDT by jakerobins

Man refuses offer to reduce fine in exchange for tuning into classical music

URBANA, Ohio - A defendant had a hard time facing the music.

Andrew Vactor was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo in July. But a judge offered to reduce that to $35 if Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.

Vactor, 24, lasted only about 15 minutes, a probation officer said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: classicalmusic
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The guy couldn't take 15 minutes of classical music? LOL
1 posted on 10/09/2008 11:44:39 AM PDT by jakerobins
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To: jakerobins

I’d a sentenced him to an hour or two of Barry Manilow...........


2 posted on 10/09/2008 11:47:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (My wallet is made out of depleted you-owe-mium........)
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To: Red Badger

3 posted on 10/09/2008 11:51:02 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Monthly Donors Wanted.....)
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To: jakerobins

You can lead a man to a 2004 San Patrignano Colli di Rimini Cabernet Montepirolo, but you can’t make him put down that Thunderbird.


4 posted on 10/09/2008 11:51:10 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Red Badger

Or how about Kenny G?


5 posted on 10/09/2008 11:51:25 AM PDT by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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how about Kenny G?

Now that's just cruel.

6 posted on 10/09/2008 11:52:20 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: jakerobins

Maybe he makes more than $6.75 an hour .


7 posted on 10/09/2008 11:52:25 AM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know F/8 Cav)
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To: jakerobins; BRL

Cruel and unusual punishment PING.


8 posted on 10/09/2008 11:52:38 AM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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It wasn’t the music, Vactor said, he just needed to be at practice with the rest of the Urbana University basketball team.

“I didn’t have the time to deal with that,” he said. “I just decided to pay the fine.”


9 posted on 10/09/2008 11:53:09 AM PDT by library user
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I’d a sentenced him to an hour or two of Barry Manilow...........

A Judge can't do that. It would be a violation of the Eighth Amendment.

10 posted on 10/09/2008 11:53:15 AM PDT by Polybius
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To: sitetest

Ping


11 posted on 10/09/2008 11:53:58 AM PDT by good old days (We love you, Sarah!)
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To: mlocher

this is neither cruel nor unusual. it was an offer of leniency. the perp was not required to accept the offer.


12 posted on 10/09/2008 11:55:29 AM PDT by absolootezer0 ( Detroit: we're so bad, even our mayor is a criminal)
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To: 6ppc

I don’t know Kenny G, but what about Michael Bolton for two hours, with videos?..........


13 posted on 10/09/2008 11:56:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (My wallet is made out of depleted you-owe-mium........)
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To: jakerobins

He couldn’t go for baroque.


14 posted on 10/09/2008 11:57:01 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I wouldn’t last 5 minutes listening to Pat Boone, may he rest in peace.


15 posted on 10/09/2008 11:57:27 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: jakerobins

I wonder how the judge would know whether or not he listened to the classical music. It sound likes he had to sit with a probation officer at the court while listening to it, so maybe he just couldn’t afford to spend 20 hours at the court building.


16 posted on 10/09/2008 11:57:39 AM PDT by wideminded
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Rap or classical. Who says you can't have both?


17 posted on 10/09/2008 11:58:10 AM PDT by SuperSonic (Bush "lied", people dyed.......their fingers purple.)
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To: Red Badger

Kenny G and Michael Bolton were going to team up and call the group Guns-N-Noses.


18 posted on 10/09/2008 11:58:48 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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I wouldn’t last 5 minutes listening to Pat Boone, may he rest in peace.

Unfortunately he is still with us (according to Wikipedia).

19 posted on 10/09/2008 11:59:30 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: jakerobins

I would sentence him to a week of listening to “One Tin Soldier” (Theme from Billy Jack) by Coven.


20 posted on 10/09/2008 12:02:05 PM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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