Originally posted by: Sphexi
In the States anything under $10 I don't think they can take you to court over, just make you pay for it and do community service or something. What a waste of taxpayers' money, two court dates for something so stupid.
Why does that waste money? The trial will probably begin with "how do you plead" and end with "guilty." And, that would be retarded to be that lax on people, just because it's under $10. That would actually encourage people to shoplift - "awwww, who cares if I get caught, the worst they can do is make my pay for it and do a couple hours of community service."
edit: plus in a lot of court cases, isn't there a civil penalty or something tacked on at the end, something like $50 or $100... that should more than cover the costs to the court system.
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