Teen guilty of manslaughter sentenced to go to church for 10 years

I know going to church is a sentence in itself, but what the fuck kind of law is that?

An Oklahoma teen was sentenced to a decade of attending church for manslaughter. Tyler Alred, 17, pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree manslaughter for a car accident that resulted in his friend’s death. John Dum, 16, was pronounced dead at the scene after Alred, who had been drinking, crashed his pickup truck into a tree last December, authorities said. But Muskogee County Judge Mike Norman handed down a lighter sentence than expected: 10 years in the church pews rather a jail cell. This deferred sentence is contingent upon Alred also completing high school and welding school. The victim’s family and Alred’s attorney agreed to these terms. Nevertheless, the sentence generated controversy for mixing church with state matters.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/teen-10-years-church-manslaughter-article-1.1205934