I remember one judge who told a defendant who'd Found God between conviction and sentencing that, no, he wasn't going to sentence him to probation so he could follow A Life of Christ, but would sentence him to eight years in prison, where he was sure the inmate would find ample time and opportunity to study the Bible and emulate Jesus.
I almost fell off my chair laughing as the court security officers hauled his sorry, invective-screaming butt off to the hoosegow.