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:: Sunday, October 15, 2006 ::
hat tip: Swaine’s World
Jobless man asks judge for jail time - AP, CNN.com
A man who couldn't find steady work came up with a plan to make it through the next few years until he could collect Social Security: He robbed a bank, then handed the money to a guard and waited for police.
On Wednesday, Timothy J. Bowers told a judge a three-year prison sentence would suit him, and the judge obliged.
'At my age, the jobs available to me are minimum-wage jobs. There is age discrimination out there,' Bowers, who turns 63 in a few weeks, told Judge Angela White.------------------------------------------- posted 1:28 PM :: reference link ::
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