Judge Pumps Up the Volume on Manilow, Barney & Friends

A Colorado judge says his creative sentencing of noise ordinance violators is doing the trick.

After he began requiring offenders to sit and listen to Barry Manilow or the theme from the children's show "Barney and Friends," Judge Paul Sacco says he's seen fewer repeat offenders in court.

Sacco told Reuters Television that the offenders have to listen to the music at high volume for one hour.

"This is a way, when I look back, of teaching manners to people," says Sacco, a judge from Fort Lupton Municipal Court.

Earlier on ABAJournal.com:

"Judge’s Noise Punishment Fits Crime"