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When public humiliation is judge's sentence

Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City), Jan 20, 1997 by Jan Hoffman N.Y. Times News Service

PITTSFIELD, Ill. -- In the gray winter light, the views along the road into this small town in western Illinois are severe but serene - - stretches of brown, stubbled cornfields interrupted only by the occasional farmhouse.

Abruptly a driver's reverie is jolted by the green plywood and white-lettered sign at the end of Glenn Meyer's driveway. "Warning," it reads. "A Violent Felon Lives Here. Travel at Your Own Risk."

 

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