That does not answer the question. What is wrong with the punishment in this case. ....
It was designed to humiliate her. To put her on display for public ridicule. To assault her dignity by making her a piece of entertainment. My examples were not meant to equate her punishment with those, just that her punishment dates back to when those were also popular. A closer example would be a Scarlet Letter, I believe.
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The supreme court would only hear the case to overturn an over-zealous appellate court. Unless some appellate court took the bizarre step of overturning the judges ruling. There is nothing in this punishment that is cruel or unusual. It is a community service....
I am aware that a case rarely goes straight to the Supreme Court, which is why I used "... up to ..." which I meant to mean through the system, up to - finally - the Supreme Court. I don't know if anyone has made a serious attempt to appeal this up to (meaning through the system, up the levels, until it finally reaches) the Supreme Court. Not that care, since it's a foreign affairs issue for me.
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Thank goodness this sentence does not do any of those things. She easily could have been imprisoned. She was instead given a second chance....
She could have been sent back to driving school. Involves more hours of "punishment" - doesn't put her out for public ridicule and humiliation. Might actually improve her driving.
So then we need to take the orange jumpsuits off of prisoners picking up trash on the side of the highway.
Why? It's a safety issue in that case. Highway workers wear high visibility uniforms as well. Plus the suits have nothing to do with their specific crime, while the sign holding aspect of her crime was tailored just for to humiliate her - specifically.
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By your standards, no one can be sentenced to anything but a fine or prison. We will also need to keep all trials completely secret.
Then, I would suggest that you are missing the full implications of this type of punishment. Do you want to live in a society where judges attempt to find a personalized way to personally humiliate each and every petty criminal who comes before them. Because if this kind of punishment is left unchallenged, it could easily be adopted more widely.
I suppose I do live in a fantasy world. In theory we treat people with equal amounts of respect. We respect their rights to live their lives as they see fit. We support them when they are sick and down. Oh well. Back to the pirate ship, I suppose.