A breach of trust (in our home)...(Update)

[haele]

49. No, you're not being too much of a bleeding heart.

And it's perfectly reasonable for you to answer a judge's question that way. Most property can be replaced, but the breach of trust cannot.
Y'know, if this guy is having problems, they need to be addressed. Why would anyone risk their professional reputation - their future - for what is in effect trinkets? I can understand and have sympathy for the desperate "stealing bread because you're starving" type of theft, but this is different. It's either Kleptomania, which is a recognized disease, or just pure criminal stupidity. How could one not be caught in that situation.

While I personally can care less about the monetary value of any stolen property, there is the fact is that he could just as casually steal something that has far more emotional value - something irreplaceable; like the last or only memory of someone's cherished loved one - and totally devastate that person.

That, and the betrayal of a professional trust, is the only reason I would think of prosecuting such a thief.

Haele