Shoplifting may not be a capital crime, but stupid frequently is.
Some people set examples to follow.
Some people set examples not to follow.
Both types are equally important to the education of impressionable youth.
It is up to the parent to point out the correct leasson to be learned.
In this case, it is not the obvious, “don’t hide in a compactor,” but “see where a life of crime gets you?”
Just as the Tree of Liberty needs periodic fertilizations, so too do moral lessons need timely fresh and vivid examples.
She died doing a service to the youth of America, if they will just take it to heart.
Too bad her accomplice didn’t join her.
OTOH, she shows how misplaced “loyalty” and “honor among thieves” can lead to worse consequences for their partners in crime, than simple apprehension: by not ratting out her ‘friend’, she essentially doomed her.