>> “Getting shot for shoplifting is a bit over the top” <<
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There are people in California doing 25 to life for shoplifting as their third offense.
Yep. If you’re a chronic felon in California we want you to clean up your act or take your felonious ways elsewhere.
“There are people in California doing 25 to life for shoplifting as their third offense.”
Yes, but that penalty is for being a habitual criminal.
By the time you are arrested, tried and convicted of three felonies? You’ve probably committed 500. Enough already.