Here comes da judge

And he should your favorite judge, too. See the sentence he handed out to some criminal defendants, who also happened to be immigrants--one that will be good for them; my ancestors, when they came to America, had to learn English...I bet yours did, too:

Judge Peter Olszewski Jr. gave three criminal defendants a choice: learn English or spend 24 months in the Luzerne County, Pa., jail.

Olszewski issued the unusual sentence after four men pleaded guilty to robbery-related charges through a translator.

“Do you think we are going to supply you with a translator all of your life?” he asked during the plea hearing, according to The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

One of the defendants was already imprisoned on drug-related charges; the other three were given immediate parole. Those men, all resident aliens, are due back in court next year.

At that time, Olszewski says he’ll administer an English test. If they pass the test and prove they’ve earned GEDs and found full-time jobs, the judge says he’ll let them go about their lives.

“If they don’t pass, they’re going in for the 24 (months),” Olszewski says, according to the paper.