Comments on: In NC, an Old Fashioned Crime Rag, The Slammer, Hits the Big Time

By: Disgusted

Disgusted — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:57:21 +0000

If it makes you happy to destroy a life for your gratification, thats on you. Hopefully when the shoe is on the other foot you can take it and please remeber its all about fun. The Devil is a liar

By: dave

dave — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:53:02 +0000

If everyone was always in a place to seriously consider the implications of being charged with a crime, the crime rate would plummet.
Of course people convicted of a crime get punished, and that’s how the system works. But the Slammer is just piling on and exploitative.

And, Chris, there is little reason to think that it has any additional deterrent value, as if potential additional embarrassment might change someone’s presumably already troubled thought process that leads them to a criminal charge.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:03:51 +0000

Hate to tell you this Dave but in order to be in the paper you have to be charged with a crime. If you recieve a DWI or a DUI, I hate to tell you this but you are a criminal because those are both illegal acts. Lisa, what if your daughter had gone out and instead of getting pulled over got into an accident and took someones life. Would you be saying the same thing? She may of gotten her first DWI then but who knows how many times she drove like that before but just never got caught. Maybe she should of thought of all those wonderful things she does and thought twice about getting behind the wheel of a car while under the influence of alcohol. I dont drink and was in the military and was constantly sitting in class after class about drinking and driving because of people not listening to anything and just keep doing it. Maybe you should be talking to your daughter rather then taking it out on a paper just saying this person got a DWI. I personally thing the Slammer is a good thing cause maybe when people get embarrassed for getting into the paper they will think twice about doing something stupid and illegal.

By: Linda Williams

Linda Williams — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:06:04 +0000

My daughter was in college out of town away from home for the first time at age 18. She attended a very prestiges university in The North Carolina area. The school asked the students not to travel alone, especially if they were not familiar to the area. Well my daughter went to a department store with her “So called room-mate who lived 3 hours from the University” and her room mate,we later learned sat our fun loving trusting daughter up. The back stabbing room-mate stole some items totalling up $150.00. She had a few bags came out of the department store after she and our daughter was shopping seperate to meet up as they were leaving the store, when they met back up, the back stabbing room mate had 3 bags. She asked ask our daughter to hold one for her. My daughter did just what any kind hearted person would do she held the bag on to find out her room mate had stolen a few items, wrapped them in a shoe box as they walked out of the department store a Security Guard came to them and asked them to stand on the side. He lied and told them they were not in any trouble, after going through the bags my daughter who was scared straight and her room-mate were arrested, handcuffed and sent to jail via North Carolina Police. My daughter’s picture was taken and placed in a real ” from what I see” degrading people of color SLAMMER News paper that we also later learned her room mate was friends of a person who was part of the paper and out of ignorance and possibly jealousy she aimed to destroy my daughter’s life, but I strongly believe she will get hers. As a mother who loves her child and hate ignorance, I will not stop until justice is served. Slammer news paper says they are entertaining and sucessful. God forbid if one of their employee’s family members are placed in a mugshot like a killer for a measley $150.00 just for fun, how will they feel. Please know when you hurt an inicent child, it’s not entertaining, it’s disgraceful. By the way that back stabbing room-mate who was also arrested, ” Guess What? No mugshot of her was taken. Tell me about the law being fair?. I think Not!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:37:14 +0000

Sorry this may sound heartless but anyone that gets behind the wheel of a car while impaired deserves the embarrassment. And a person going into the medical profession should know better than to drink and drive.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:34:50 +0000

That is a common experience. Many young people make dumb mistakes, and get arrested for a DWI, or a shoplifting charge.
They feel embarrassed and ashamed about their bad judgement, and never get in trouble again for the rest of their lives.
These magazines are hurtful to the majority of people who are not “criminals”.
Thanks for sharing your view!