Comment on Is there a specific example of Target getting a shoplifter convicted for a small individual theft that puts them over the felony limit?

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AndrewZabar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

OK see maybe you need to go to school and learn how law works. You can’t have punishments vary based on the merit of the victim.

Here it’s Target, a rich company, somewhere else it’s a private citizen being stolen from, or a small family business, or a charity. The punishment as a deterrent needs to be based on the act alone, and not your personal lack of sympathy for the victim.

Sorry but the real world doesn’t treat law the way you seem to think.

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