http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/26/jesus-or-jail-alabama-town-offers-options-for-serving-time/
The long story short here is that in one county in Alabama Judges will offer a new punishment for misdemeanor crimes. Criminals may choose to spend time in jail, pay a fine or attend church every Sunday for a year. While there are obvious constitutional issues under the first and 14th amendments, it's also funny on closer inspection. Since church time is a lot easier to handle than jail time or a fine, people may find crimes more worthwhile to commit. Either way, those who commit crimes will almost certainly take the church time, causing the quality of churches to drop, as criminals from around the county begin to attend. In short, forcing criminals to go to church is a crapshoot when it comes to reforming criminals, but it's 100% likely to fill your churches with criminals.
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