[an amused spectator]

It seems some on this thread think that's wrong...

Some on this thread think that prosecuting someone over a multi-state debris field from something as big as a space shuttle is prosecutorial over-reach, perhaps.

[drlevy88]

Yes. Anyone finding a piece of shuttle years from now will be motivated to wrap it up well, throw it in the trash, and shut up.

They should be offering rewards for pieces of shuttle.

[Senator Pardek]

I know astronauts cannot wear jewelry, but assuming they could, would it "overreach" to prosecute someone who kept a ring or bracelet?

[Revolting cat!]

We shoulda known better - it doesn't take much to get them stirred up, talking about "national tragedy", "taxpayer money" and other weighty things us mortals never consider down here below the moral heights they've all climbed to occupy, just like the Lefties like to do, incidentally. The Church Ladies out in force. Halleluyah! No one's excusing the souvenir hunters. It's as if they didn't understand "prosecutorial over-reach" or "grandstanding"! Why, they're grandstanding themselves. Sheesh!