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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-03-11 07:53 AM
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If you steal $5 in snacks you go to jail. Wall Street steal billions and get billions in bailouts...
Edited on Thu Nov-03-11 07:55 AM by Crazy Dave
No jail and all expecting to give or get great six digit plus bonuses.

Pregnant mom says sandwich arrest was 'horrifying'

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HONOLULU (AP) — Nicole Leszczynski couldn't imagine that two chicken salad sandwiches would land her and her husband in jail and her 2-year-old daughter in state custody. But it happened five days ago, when the 30-weeks-pregnant woman forgot to pay for her snack while grocery shopping.

http://news.yahoo.com/pregnant-mom-says-sandwich-arrest-horrifying-214407004.html;_ylt=AjUmIuJ8CcnFv_RymrH3AeBtzwcF;_ylu=X3oDMTRzYzRxbTNuBGNjb2RlA2N0LmMEbWl0A0FydGljbGUgTW9zdCBQb3B1bGFyBHBrZwMzZGViNzBkNS0zYzRiLTMzMGYtOWNlZC1kZjcyMDhhYTFhMzAEcG9zAzEEc2VjA01lZGlhQkxpc3RNaXhlZE1vc3RQb3B1bGFyQ0EEdmVyA2Y0Njg5OTRlLTA0ZDMtMTFlMS1iMmMxLTVmZTkzZjRiYjNmNw--;_ylg=X3oDMTJsa3M2bDRoBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDY2RkYWUzOGEtNTg3Yi0zMzQ3LTkyZGYtNGM2N2RiZjJmMmFhBHBzdGNhdAN1cwRwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2U-;_ylv=3
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-03-11 07:57 AM
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1. Tell us again that there's no such thing as class warfare, please, Mediapeople ....
:mad:
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-03-11 08:15 AM
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3. I liked the Lindsay Lohan comment someone made at the bottom
She steals a $2500 necklace and was treated better than that couple was.
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reggie the dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-03-11 07:59 AM
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2. a north african man got 3 years here for stealing some food too
2 packages of cheese for 12 euros total and he got 3 years in jail, granted he fought with the security guards and had a prior record for stealing food but 3 years for 12 euros of stuff??? http://www.nicematin.com/article/nice/vol-au-supermarche-3-ans-ferme
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Bosso 63 Donating Member (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-03-11 08:17 AM
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4. "Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they call you
king."

Somebody said that.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-03-11 08:48 AM
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5. kr -- have to keep the prison industry rolling along -- !!
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