Why dont they have to Regeister as a Cucumber Offender???
924732
Where are the vegetable rights advocates when you need them?
302917
Its my understanding that anything more than what would be considered experimental would get you the boot. They also look at the age and how long ago it occurred. Some are thought to have "zero tolerance" but I don't see how that could be true or they wouldn't be able to hire enough people.
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If they're very ingenious they may bet caught stealing (or trying) a couple more times... but yes- the penalty would definitely be much more personally painful to the thief in any event. It seems to me thieves are cut out of two worlds... those who are truely destitute and are trying to scrape a living (albeit wrongly) anyway possible, and those that just have the opportunity (even if they don't need to for their survival) and take it as a thrill- as many young people that get caught seem to be doing in well to do neighborhoods. I think we have to look out for and build up the lower rungs of society to minimize those that steal out of hunger- and to instill a strict moral code on all so that stealing never becomes a passtime. Given those changes came about, your scenerio would not seem so harsh- and I think would be supported as a just punishment... but cutting off the hand of a misguided starving person, just seems like a wrong end in a long line of wrongs to me. Peace.
535654
So that they don't grow up to be a parasite.. "Dependent"\n\nThey should learn to do work out on their own..
270379
Because they don't  have to, and they wouldn't get one.  Why do we just let them stay here?  Other countries would put them in jail.  They're "illegal"!!!
323595
They're not. Most of them are good people. It's not his fault you were doing something illegal. It's his job.\n\nEDIT: Jezebel, even with all those donuts?
859978
Apparently we need the prison places for a much more evil type of person!!...Those old men and women who have never broken the law in their lives but now through the high taxes and low pensions can't afford their ever increasing council taxes......What terrible people they must be!!!  far more a danger to society than a rapist or murderer!! What a wonderful logic this government works on....when will they Wake up and join the real world?!?!?!!!
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I think that its because they feel liket they already screwed up (talking about the kids in jail). They are not loved by anyone, so they want to live an easy life style.
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Anyone who sentences a sexual offender to anything but a very long(preferably life) sentence needs to be off the bench. But giving someone who molested a child probation ? Disgusting.\n\nAnd he has a few DUI's to boot.
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It is a vulture thing. They speak lawyer/vulture language to the prosecutors, who are also lawyers. You have to have a single digit IQ to understand.
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I know some people who commit an act, pay their time and regret it, so then they don't do it. "Once an offender, always an offender" is a bunch of crock.  When you burn your hand on the stove or from too hot of water in the tub/shower, chances are you won't do it again. Everyone deserves a second chance, but I don't think you're excusing it. Sometimes it's best not to mention it because it's in the past, yet repeated offenders should be brought to people's attention.\n\nIt's a hard call, really.
956476
Why don't they just quit breaking the law?
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I know, isn't that just a dumb fu**** up policy? I mean, what about people who commit serious violent crimes, like rape and murder? They could be convicted, do some time, go on parole, get rehabbed, and get money to get a college degree... Seriously, the application doesn't even ask.\n\nAnyway, if the information you have presented is accurate and you are as sincere as you sound, I definitely encourage you to keep asking people about this (although I realize you may not want to reveal this to people) to get more info and to build support and also advocate for yourself via all the avenues available to you and then some. Good luck!
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I know someone going through that right now. I think it's not that they are categorizing by "lesser" offenses... but the assumed potential for further action by an offender. They are playing a game of "possibility" and assumptions. I suppose that they assume given the chance all minor offenders will gradually escalate to some greater offense. Though, I could be wrong... but I think thats what they are thinking.
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They commit crimes because they are too lazy and/or too stupid to work for what they want.  They feel that they should have everything they want, and not have to wait to get it.  A gang of them with weapons will attack one person with no weapons, and they think that makes them tough.  People of any age that commit crimes are just low-lifes, and really should be treated that way.
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It must be working to some extint as a lot of fruit growers here in California had to just let their crops rot on the ground because they were unable to find pickers.  Why has noone come out about the OTHER ecomomic effects of this issue?  Only in America are people so air headed.
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IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES.  MAYBE LATER I'LL COME AND STEAL YOUR CAR, BUT HEY, IT'S OK, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO IMPROVE MYSELF, RIGHT?  how can tigerpisces be so stupid.  it doesn't matter what they're trying to do, if they're breaking teh laws, they're criminals, and should be delt with accordingly.\nhow about the drug dealers, they're just trying to make a few bucks to support their families, to better themselves, right?