Jackson Jambalaya

KF,

Don't you think that her race and sex are the reasons she was given such a break? To me, this is just as bad as a certain someone with a ton of money getting house arrest after a car crash. Kinda makes you think the "system" is broken.

My three cents

No. One has been CONVICTED. Unlike some of you, I believe in due process whether it be the government trying to bust down your door without a warrant or a lynch mob trying to crucify someone who hasn't even had a trial.

she can't practice medicine while in jail.

Big deal. I want her in jail. Now if Epps is going to look out for his former employee, then I think he should take the route I suggested and stick her in the middle of nowhere serving those that need help but for stealing 100 grand, her ass needs to be in jail.

One more gets a "pass". Just like the sports "heroes" society worhips.

Lets see what the courts do to the Trustmark girl who got caught embezzling.

She needs to be in jail, but she can't practice medicine or even give a dog an enema while a prisoner. Just sayin...

I noticed part of the sentence is restitution. If she can practice medicine, she can start to pay what she embezzled. If she doesn't, I would expect her to be violated.
I don't mind house arrest for a non-violent criminal for all the practical reasons ...or I didn't mind it until I saw how house arrest is working for those charged with depraved heart MURDER!
Embezzlers tend to be people who have badly managed their personal finances and are tempted by access to money not their own and delude themselves they can replace it before being discovered.
One of the questions that SHOULD have been asked in this case was HOW she was able to embezzle that much before getting caught. It SCREAMS a lack of adequate controls in the system.

I would like to return to the time when locking someone up,be it jail or a mental institution, was about PROTECTING the community and/or punishment and not the misguided notions of rehabilitation.
But then I also wish for judges to legal scholars with common sense and not the guys who couldn't make a living at practicing law but who were adept at brown nosing politicians or telling people what they want to hear.

I consider embezzling to be thievery. Usually the amounts are larger than what is stolen by a common thief but because it is usually committed by professionals and not a thug, well, we tend to go easier on them, don't we?

Her ass needs to be in jail. Period. I'm all for rehab and in that I tend to agree with Charles Colson. I don't believe in always locking them up and throwing away the key but come one, this is nearly one hundred thousand dollars. She needs to be in jail. If it were me, she would be going to jail for at least five years but unfortunately, I'm not the judge.

What about the people who extorted a few thousand from the residents at the nursing home in Belhaven? I'm sure the devil was even caught off guard by that one.

There should be a law that triples the punishment for such offenders.

One was a social worker. So sad.

I love humanity. I just can't stand people. Sigh...
But I agree. Jail her, make her work off that time doing medical "chores" if the need calls for, like emptying bedpans.

According to a comment on the C-L article on this (consider the source and all that) she has sold her house and made restitution. Given the terrible state of the state's finances, and the huge difference in the cost to the state (i.e., us taxpayers) for house arrest vs incarceration, I wouldn't object to house arrest after at least some hard time on the insides of the bars (e.g., 90 days). On a personal level I am much more concerned about someone breaking into my home looking to steal a TV while my kids are there than someone kiting checks from an office drawer (it's the potential for violence and a sense of violation of personal space. I agree she could be let out during the day to provide ace in the Delta unless her license gets yanked (as it should).

She needs some jail time. Sitting at home while under house arrest and if she gets a sugar daddy, then restitution don't mean squat? Nope. I want her to see a cell even if for 90 days.

I know Dr. Lidell personally and while I am just learning of the charges against her I can honestly say that something must have been stressing her out on the home front for her to even consider what she did.
Believe me if she is the woman I know her to be she will pay back every penny she took.

Just my two cents.