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Amishman

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19. agreed, there is a lot of middle ground between spineless and an iron fist

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #12)

Wed Nov 24, 2021, 09:04 AM

Nov 2021

IMO overall this country is too hard on first time offenders (particularly young ones) but too soft on frequent offenders (not uncommon to see someone getting short sentences or no jail time despite half a dozen priors)

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San Francisco D.A. charges nine with felonies in $1-million theft wave of luxury stores [View all] tenderfoot Nov 2021 OP

They need to give serious jail time, not just a slap on the wrist if they promise not to do it again MichMan Nov 2021 #1

They need to find out the parties that are buying what they steal TheRealNorth Nov 2021 #2

From what I've heard they sell online. Demobrat Nov 2021 #14

jokes on them, it is catsudon Nov 2021 #21

Yeah but these are real. Demobrat Nov 2021 #22

Like MAGAs getting slaps on the wrists for participating in Jan 6th tenderfoot Nov 2021 #3

others pay homeless/vulnerable to do some of the mob thefts seen lately Demovictory9 Nov 2021 #16

I wonder if Boudin thinks his "tough" talk will save him from being recalled? JohnSJ Nov 2021 #4

You sound upset that the thieves have been apprehended and are being held accountable tenderfoot Nov 2021 #5

Not at all, he hasn't been doing his job, and is up for recall because of it JohnSJ Nov 2021 #7

Here his is defending himself tenderfoot Nov 2021 #10

That was not a good link I supplied. I just choose the first link from a search for JohnSJ Nov 2021 #20

9 out of 40 thieves. jimfields33 Nov 2021 #17

He's talking tough because the store's name is Louis Vuitton. dalton99a Nov 2021 #13

There are cameras everywhere nowadays so it takes a special brand of criminal to park curbside. LonePirate Nov 2021 #6

Don't do the crime. nt oasis Nov 2021 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Nov 2021 #9

An authoritarian DA would be a better option tenderfoot Nov 2021 #11

A DA who puts people in jail for violent crimes regardless of color. dalton99a Nov 2021 #12

agreed, there is a lot of middle ground between spineless and an iron fist Amishman Nov 2021 #19

I'm not diminishing this crime, but why do white collar criminals get a slap on the wrist? C Moon Nov 2021 #15

California could easily change the laws on white crimes jimfields33 Nov 2021 #18

I agree on both statements, 100%. C Moon Nov 2021 #23

I just wrote my congress person about changing the recall rules. C Moon Nov 2021 #24