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In reply to the discussion: Hungry until proven guilty...Should theft of food be a felony? What if the theft involved $1,200 worth of meat? [View all]ForgedCrank
(2,466 posts)49. This particular
case deserves the response of the full weight of the law. Someone didn't steal a pound of hamburger to feed their kids, this is theft for conversion, and it's part of the reason e pay so much for groceries.
Book 'em Danno
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Hungry until proven guilty...Should theft of food be a felony? What if the theft involved $1,200 worth of meat? [View all]
PeaceWave
Jan 6
OP
Motive needs to be established. Theft to fend off starvation ? Seems unlikely.
eppur_se_muova
Jan 6
#2
Perhaps. But, when it comes to drugs, cops have proved pretty efficient at evidence theft.
PeaceWave
Jan 6
#7
Sometimes they get 30-90 days at county. I worked NBN at the county hospital. Moms would come in from the jail that
LeftInTX
Jan 7
#54
Idk, but your observation re the condements, and oil Could point to a family struggling vs resale...
electric_blue68
Jan 7
#37