The booking shot of 5-foot, 1-inch Richard W. Thompson, who was sentenced on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, to 10 years probation on two felony sexual assault charges. Cheyenne County District Judge Kristine Cecava told Thompson his offenses warranted a long prison sentence, but she said that he was too small to survive very long in a state prison. Photo courtesy of Cheyenne County Sheriff Dept.


 

Too Short for Prison?

   A judge in Sidney, Nebraska sentenced a 5-foot-1 child molester to probation instead of prison because she thought he was too short for incarceration:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12969163/?GT1=8199

http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1148571317.shtml

http://www.criminal-law-lawyer-source.com/articles/too_short_inmate.html