If the preaching is particularly bad, they might also have an Eighth Amendment claim.
________________________________________ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Douglas Laycock [dlayc...@virginia.edu] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 6:06 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics; James Edward Maule; conlawp...@lists.ucla.edu Subject: Re: Go to Church or Go to Jail? Much milder versions of this, such as go to jail or go to AA, have been litigated and held unconstitutional. This plan will have a short life. On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:37:51 -0400 James Edward Maule <ma...@law.villanova.edu> wrote: >That's what it appears to be (sorry for cross-posting but this should be >useful to subscribers on both lists looking for an exam question, to say >nothing of the expected discussion). > >http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/26/jesus-or-jail-alabama-town-offers-options-for-serving-time/?hpt=hp_t2 > >Headline and first paragraph: > >Jesus or jail? Alabama town offers options for serving >time<http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/26/jesus-or-jail-alabama-town-offers-options-for-serving-time/> > >If you're charged with a nonviolent crime in one Alabama town, you might just >have the chance to pray it all away. >Starting this week, under a new program called Operation ROC (Restore Our >Community), local judges in Bay Minette, Alabama, will give those found guilty >of misdemeanors the choice of serving out their time in jail, paying a fine or >attending church each Sunday for a year. > > >James Edward Maule >Professor of Law >Villanova University School of Law >ma...@law.villanova.edu >http://vls.law.villanova.edu/prof/maule > > Douglas Laycock Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law University of Virginia Law School 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 434-243-8546 _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
