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minus-squarePhoenicianpirate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago40 years for a loaf of bread?
minus-squarePhoenicianpirate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agohttps://abcnews.go.com/US/man-spent-36-years-prison-stealing-50-bakery/story?id=65264675 I was wondering if this was the case? Apparently it was because it was a fourth offense and the law was strict about sentencing no matter what. Which is a thing I find utter bullshit BTW. No crime that petty should be punished that bad.
minus-squaregalanthus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoGot twice as much as Jean Valjean. Absolutely hilarious. Someone should sens him a copy of the book. I think it will resonate with him quite a bit.
minus-squarePhoenicianpirate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoTo be fair in those days it was hanging (at least in Britain) for just about everything…
40 years for a loaf of bread?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-spent-36-years-prison-stealing-50-bakery/story?id=65264675
I was wondering if this was the case? Apparently it was because it was a fourth offense and the law was strict about sentencing no matter what.
Which is a thing I find utter bullshit BTW. No crime that petty should be punished that bad.
Got twice as much as Jean Valjean. Absolutely hilarious.
Someone should sens him a copy of the book. I think it will resonate with him quite a bit.
To be fair in those days it was hanging (at least in Britain) for just about everything…