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minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThe US is an outlier, most countries cannot do this. Because otherwise you could be jailed for years if you shoplift ten times or something. The upper limit is usually only used for sentencing if it’s a repeat offender or if occured multiple times.
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoWell with shoplifting, aren’t the penalties correlated with the value of the items stolen? And if you then went on to do it again the next day, and got cought, I imagine the combined value of the stolen items would be considered in the case.
The US is an outlier, most countries cannot do this. Because otherwise you could be jailed for years if you shoplift ten times or something.
The upper limit is usually only used for sentencing if it’s a repeat offender or if occured multiple times.
Well with shoplifting, aren’t the penalties correlated with the value of the items stolen?
And if you then went on to do it again the next day, and got cought, I imagine the combined value of the stolen items would be considered in the case.