Ohio woman chooses to be pepper sprayed rather than face jail as punishment for assault

‘A municipal court judge in Painesville, Ohio offered two choices to a woman who pleaded guilty to assault with pepper spray: 30 days in jail or to have the victim spray her with the irritant. The woman chose the latter.

“I’ll allow Mr. [Frantz] Rolles to have his vengeance and that is to give you a shot of pepper spray,” said Judge Michael Cicconetti.

What Cicconetti didn’t tell Diamond T. Gaston, 20, was that the spray used on her in court was a non-harmful saline substance, according to WOIO.’

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