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Defrocked Priest to Be Sentenced Today

BOSTON - Defrocked priest Paul Shanley, one of the most recognizable figures in the Boston Archdiocese sex scandal, faces the possibility of life in prison for his conviction on child rape charges. Shanley is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday.

But some inmate advocates say whatever term Shanley gets could amount to a death sentence.

Regardless, I'd say he's about to learn a whole new meaning of the word 'defrocked', and it's not going to be pretty (at least from where he's bent over).

Also, from the Department of Feigned Sympathy:

Michigan to cut free coffee for inmates

LANSING, Mich. -- Free coffee soon will be off the menu in Michigan's prisons. In an effort to save $250,000 this year, inmates in state prisons and people in boot camps and correctional centers won't be able to get free coffee after March 1, Corrections Department spokesman Russ Marlan said Monday.

Something tells me free coffee won't be that high on Shanley's list of priorities for the immediate future.

UPDATE: Shanley gets 12 to 15.

On its surface, I say that's pretty damn lenient. In my preferred reality-based universe, however, I don't think he'll make it 12 to 15 months before he joins now-deceased, child rapist James Porter on the rotisserie spit. Think of the cost savings for the taxpayers.

And, hey, all the more oxygen for the rest of us. It's a win-win situation.