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Three Old Order Amish men, and one woman, were sentenced to 90 days in the Buchanan County, Iowa, jail after vandalizing an Amish neighbor’s farm. But jailers released them after 72 days. “I thought we better get them out of here because they were getting too used to it,” said jail administrator Russell West. “I think we were ruining them here. The TV, the electric light, telephone and running water — I think they were starting to like it here.” (AP) ...It’s just no fun to punish people who smile in return.


Publication Date: 26 September 1999

This story is in True's book collection, Volume 6.
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