A South Carolina woman has received a rather unusual sentence for drunk driving — jail time and a Bible reading. Cassandra Belle Tolley, in addition to spending eight years in jail, has been ordered to read the Old Testament book of Job and write a summary of it for Circuit Court Judge Michael Nettles, according to CBS Charlotte. The 28-year-old received the sentence late last month, which also includes five years of probation and substance-abuse counseling, after she crashed her car while intoxicated, severely injuring two people.
Tolley, who has had a harried past, is apparently grateful for the religious assignment, according to her attorney, Amy Sikora, a York County public defender, The Herald reports. Sikora claims that the 28-year-old was physically abused by a relative when she was a child. A relative allegedly doused Tolley with gasoline and set her on fire on Thanksgiving Day, when she was just 11-years-old. Burn scars can be seen on her face.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/jail-time-bible-study-s-woman-odd-drunk-driving-punishment-article-1.1107446
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