Due to its ambiguity, what is considered shameful is at the judges discretion.This in turn could result in, “widely and unfairly different punishments for the same crime between owe courtroom to the next” (Morrison). In one case an Ohio woman was sentenced to spend a night alone in the woods after abandoning thirty-three kittens. A more extreme case reports that when a pregnant woman was convicted of child abuse the judge gave her the option of taking a birth control device for five years in lieu of prison (Morrison). Many were appalled by the audacity of the judges to even offer such a sentencing but no regulations were there to stop him from doing so. Public shaming should not be used as a loop hole for judges to fabricate their own punishments nor should public shaming be used in an court system at all. These judges are neglecting sentencing guidelines, taking their power too far and violating the 8th amendment that bans cruel and unusual
Due to its ambiguity, what is considered shameful is at the judges discretion.This in turn could result in, “widely and unfairly different punishments for the same crime between owe courtroom to the next” (Morrison). In one case an Ohio woman was sentenced to spend a night alone in the woods after abandoning thirty-three kittens. A more extreme case reports that when a pregnant woman was convicted of child abuse the judge gave her the option of taking a birth control device for five years in lieu of prison (Morrison). Many were appalled by the audacity of the judges to even offer such a sentencing but no regulations were there to stop him from doing so. Public shaming should not be used as a loop hole for judges to fabricate their own punishments nor should public shaming be used in an court system at all. These judges are neglecting sentencing guidelines, taking their power too far and violating the 8th amendment that bans cruel and unusual