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Subject: Re: The wheels of Justice turn slow, but - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 31-Aug-83 11:22:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 31 11:22:30 1983
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In reference to "punishments fitting the crime", I just read
in TIME about a defendant forced to pay a burglar $75,000
after shooting the burglar in the foot during a $150 burgle.
It seems the court decided that "crippling" the burglar for
life was too strong a response to recover $150 worth of
belongings - hence the $75,000 "punishment".  TIME
says that during the trial, testimony was given that,
during a robbery subsequent to the "crippling", the burglar
was able to walk more than a mile.

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					Ralph Droms
					Computer Science Department
					The Pennsylvania State University