The Shame Game
November, 2001
Judges across America have become creative. In Texas, a wife beater was told to apologize to his victim on the courthouse steps at high noon. A doper found himself parading the sidewalk wearing this sign around his neck: I Went to jail in Texas for Possession of Drugs. A shoplifter had to stand in front of a store carrying the sign I Stole from this Store.Sometimes public humiliation can serve as a warning to neighbors. If the house next to yours suddenly sported a placard that read Danger! Regi...
