Kenneth Ofgang
"A supervised release condition requiring a defendant to stand in front of a San Francisco post office wearing a signboard stating “I stole mail. This is my punishment” was upheld yesterday by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The condition imposed on Shawn Gementera by U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California was “was somewhat crude,” Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain acknowledged. But the jurist concluded that it was reasonably related to rehabilitation, deterrence, and public protection and did not violate Gementera’s constitutional rights."
