Teen Sentenced to Church for 10 Years After Manslaughter

"An Oklahoma teen convicted of manslaughter has sentenced to 10 years of probation, with requirements that include regularly attending church.

Tyler Alred, now 17, had been drinking when he crashed a pickup truck at around 4 a.m. on Dec. 3, 2011, Tulsa World reports. The accident killed Alred's friend, 16-year-old John Luke Dum, who was a passenger in the vehicle.

Alred was not legally drunk, but because he was below the legal drinking age, he was still considered to be driving under the influence of alcohol. The high school student pleaded guilty in August to a charge of manslaughter as a youthful offender."*

John Iadarola (Host, TYT University) and Lisa Fergusson (Current TV) discuss the oddly specific sentence. Can a judge really force someone to go to church?

*Read more from Hilary Hanson/ Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/18/tyler-alred-church-manslaughter_n_21...

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