It�s not every day a criminal being sentenced is given what he asks for. But when Chris Cornell asked for an extended sentence to what was initially proposed in [Yukon] territorial court last Wednesday afternoon, he received just that.
�A somewhat unusual request,� Judge Karen Ruddy commented when asked for the sentence.
She had proposed a sentence of 12 1/2 months to be served concurrently for charges of break and enter and theft, as well as time served for possession of stolen property and theft/forgery of a credit card and a 12-month probation term to follow.
However, Cornell asked if he could address the court, and told the judge he wanted a longer sentence.
�I�d rather do jail time than probation,� he said. . . .
Crown prosecutor John Phelps also told the court there was a concern about the reintegration of Cornell after his jail term.
Cornell said he would rather get a longer sentence of two years that would take him to the federal system for programming [drug rehab] there offered to inmates. [The] Court heard earlier the crimes [stealing a Dodge Dakota] were related to a drug problem the 23-year-old has that he�s now trying to deal with.
That’s pretty cool. The judge went along with his plan, enabling him to get drug treatment while incarcerated. Details here from the Whitehorse Star.
It�s not every day a criminal being sentenced is given what he asks for. But when Chris Cornell asked for an extended sentence to what was initially proposed in [Yukon] territorial court last Wednesday afternoon, he received just that.
�A somewhat unusual request,� Judge Karen Ruddy commented when asked for the sentence.
She had proposed a sentence of 12 1/2 months to be served concurrently for charges of break and enter and theft, as well as time served for possession of stolen property and theft/forgery of a credit card and a 12-month probation term to follow.
However, Cornell asked if he could address the court, and told the judge he wanted a longer sentence.
�I�d rather do jail time than probation,� he said. . . .
Crown prosecutor John Phelps also told the court there was a concern about the reintegration of Cornell after his jail term.
Cornell said he would rather get a longer sentence of two years that would take him to the federal system for programming [drug rehab] there offered to inmates. [The] Court heard earlier the crimes [stealing a Dodge Dakota] were related to a drug problem the 23-year-old has that he�s now trying to deal with.
That’s pretty cool. The judge went along with his plan, enabling him to get drug treatment while incarcerated. Details here from the Whitehorse Star.
It�s not every day a criminal being sentenced is given what he asks for. But when Chris Cornell asked for an extended sentence to what was initially proposed in [Yukon] territorial court last Wednesday afternoon, he received just that.
�A somewhat unusual request,� Judge Karen Ruddy commented when asked for the sentence.
She had proposed a sentence of 12 1/2 months to be served concurrently for charges of break and enter and theft, as well as time served for possession of stolen property and theft/forgery of a credit card and a 12-month probation term to follow.
However, Cornell asked if he could address the court, and told the judge he wanted a longer sentence.
�I�d rather do jail time than probation,� he said. . . .
Crown prosecutor John Phelps also told the court there was a concern about the reintegration of Cornell after his jail term.
Cornell said he would rather get a longer sentence of two years that would take him to the federal system for programming [drug rehab] there offered to inmates. [The] Court heard earlier the crimes [stealing a Dodge Dakota] were related to a drug problem the 23-year-old has that he�s now trying to deal with.
That’s pretty cool. The judge went along with his plan, enabling him to get drug treatment while incarcerated. Details here from the Whitehorse Star.
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