I get it. Being the father of four children who have filled diapers with the best of them, I understand the unending, insatiable need for diapers. The thought of stealing diapers, however, is about as petty as it gets. Nevertheless, a few years ago the Diaper Bank of North Carolina had 13,000 diapers stolen. Apparently,…
“For 7 cents, now you’re making someone a felon for the rest of his life,” Anthony Stewart’s lawyer exclaimed after the sentencing was passed. Anthony, a 15-year-old, was going to be facing 2-6 years in juvenile detention for stealing a whopping 7 cents. Stewart’s lawyer pleaded with the judge to treat her client as a…
In the late 1940s a man made a bad decision and became a thief. He stole $20 to $30 from a Sears cash register. Just the other day, now 60 years later, an elderly man came in with an envelope addressed to the Sears manager. Inside was a note and a $100 bill. In the…
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