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Judge sentences three men to English lessons

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - A judge in Pennsylvania is giving three Spanish-speaking men a choice: learn English or go to jail.

The men faced prison terms for criminal conspiracy to commit robbery. But the judge says they can stay on parole if they learn to read and write English, earn their GEDs and get full-time jobs.

During a court hearing this week in which the men pleaded guilty, they needed translators. The judge, Peter Olszewski, said, "Do you think we are going to supply you with a translator all of your life?"

Attorneys for the men say they're studying the legality of the ruling, and that they haven't decided whether to appeal.

But one attorney says his client is happy. The lawyer says, "I think it's going to help him."

Major Quote:  Our afflictions are not designed to break us but to bring us to God.