Creative sentencing may be all the rage among people in society, as who doesn’t enjoy the eye for an eye scenario, right? Okay, if you’re the victim of a financial swindling, you might prefer your money back instead having the guilty party have to play 5 straight shows of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida using a kazoo, but what if you’re not a person? What if you’re a state or a government? It’s time to get crafty.
Joseph Jacobbi did not pay his taxes. BUT! Rather than send him to jail, State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia of Buffalo, New York, had him pay $25,000, which is just part of the money that he withheld from the state. Oh, and he then has to make and deliver 12 pizzas to a mission every Tuesday for the next 52 subsequent ones.
“I will leave the choice of toppings up to you,” he told the nonplussed restaurant owner.
The guys guess that the toppings probably won’t include green peppers. It’s just a guess.