The Unrepentant Individual

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April 25, 2005


Is the sentence over before the season starts?

Stop the presses! Alert the ACLU! A cheesehead judge up in the dairyland has just sent down a very cruel and unusual punishment. It seems that he gave a woman convicted of felony theft two choices. 90 days in jail or give up your season tickets:

Sharon E. Rosenthal, 59, took more than $3,000 from labor union accounts before she left the organization, according to a criminal complaint. She was sentenced Friday in Winnebago County Circuit Court on one felony count of theft.

Judge Scott Woldt offered her the decision to either serve the jail time or donate her family’s four seats in the Packers’ three-game season package to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

That’s harsh. The real question, though, is how good her tickets are? It’s more than 90 days from now until the time the season starts. If those tickets are good, might she just take the 90 days? And with Favre in his last years, this could be a strong year for the Packers.

And how much is her family going to impact the decision? “C’mon Mom, we want to go to the games! It’s just three months!” Does her husband have the stones to threaten divorce if she doesn’t take 3 months in the pen? After all, I know how seriously those Pack fans take their football.

Tough choices.

Update: She has decided to give up the tickets.

Posted By: Brad Warbiany @ 4:21 pm || Permalink || Comments (3) || Trackback URL || Categories: Uncategorized

3 Comments

  1. I think the big question is, does the family maintain the right to buy them next year? If so, spending 30 day in jail per game seems a bit steep. However, if they had to give up their right to buy tickets and get on the waiting list, see ya in July.

    Comment by jrj — April 26, 2005 @ 8:34 am

  2. Brad, I vote that she get her 90 days in jail. Maybe then she will have time to think about stealing that $3,000. As you said in a previous post, “Do the crime, do the time.” Lucy Stern

    Comment by T. F. Stern — April 26, 2005 @ 8:41 am

  3. DO you realize that these tickets if sold on the open market are worth approximately $2400 and if used by make a wish as a fund raiser about $4000.

    I must be the only Packer fan here.

    Comment by Caohaoim — April 27, 2005 @ 11:06 pm

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