Jail "Stand-Ins" - You Do The Crime, THEY Will Do The Time

[matcom]

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The Danish government Wednesday asked for an investigation following a news report that an organized crime network is offering to do time in prison in the place of well-off convicts sentenced for minor offenses.

"It is totally unacceptable if one can avoid doing time," Justice Minister Lene Espersen said. "It is a problem that I consider as a serious matter."

"The cases that have been reported in the media unfortunately indicate that there is a need to tighten (the procedures) even further," she said in a statement faxed to The Associated Press.

The Ekstra Bladet daily newspaper reported Wednesday that about 100 people have been standing in for others.

It costs up to $166 per day to have someone else serve one's time in jail. One stand-in candidate, identified by the tabloid only as Frank, said he had a fixed price of $1,666 per month.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2004/01/28/danes_investigate_reported_jail_stand_ins/

[GOPisEvil]

1. Attention jobless Americans...

...your future awaits. :eyes:

Heck, people have been buying their way out of military service for eons - why not jail?

[Randi_Listener]

2. Newark

I've been to Newark. That felt like a giant penal colony. Does that count.

[Loonman]

3. Sounds good...not

$166 per day to get anally raped? Sounds good to me!

:freak:

[On the Road]

4. Hey, The Stand-Ins are Mafia!

Who's going to dare to touch them?