Originally Posted by nakedhollywood

He explained why he no longer supports punishment, but is more concerned with rehabilitation. "I discovered it [punishment] accomplishes nothing of value; it doesn't make anything better; it costs us a lot of money; we create a lot of expectation, and we feed on anger," said the Vermont judge.

Cashman apparently did not anticipate that his ruling would also provoke the thing he said he was trying to avoid - anger.[/I]