Practice of banishment might not be such a bad idea as a punishment for crime. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: August 5, 1994| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1994 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

    You'll get no argument from me about the redemptive power of punishment. But how best to get to the point of redemption _ or rehab, to be less spiritual about it _ especially for youngsters on the wrong side of the law? 
    Creative judges are forever thinking up new solutions, including assignments in literary classics. Michael Fay made Singapore's canes world-famous. Adrian Guthrie and Simon Roberts, both 17, may yet make famous the practice of banishment in the Thlawaa Tlingit Nation of Alaska. 
    The facts of their case: 
    During a visit to Washington state last summer, the ...

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