[doug from upland]

Agreed. This is horrible, especially for those who have not committed a violent crime and hurt another person.

[Smarti Pants]

I'm sitting here wondering what all was the clerk thinking about when he pointed the "toy gun" in their face.

I'm wondering what has happened to their soul, their manhood (presuming it was a male who was robbed), their dignity?

[pepsionice]

There ought to be a sentence where you can select solitary confinement...no human contact...for six to twelve months, and avoid the general criminal population problem of prison. Its stupid to put a tax evasion felon into a prison with murderers or rapists. There has to be more logic to this.