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NM woman heads to trial for stealing $2 pumpkin

Isn't it unconstitutional to get sued for anything less than $20?
 
Daktoria said:
Isn't it unconstitutional to get sued for anything less than $20?
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No. Constitutionally, anything over $20 is entitled to a jury trial. There are no minimum damages.
 
Daktoria said:
Isn't it unconstitutional to get sued for anything less than $20?
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If it is in the Constitution, I don't recall seeing that.

If the article is correct, and it was I forgot and did spend $75, and offered to pay, as the owner I would let it go.
What we don't know is if McCall's Pumpkin Patch had been hit with a lot of theft and this was the final straw.
 
This part jumped out at me.
Her sister, Annette Atencio, says Medina spent $75 on food that day but forgot to pay for the pumpkin she picked up as she was leaving.
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Presuming I am interpreting this correctly, she paid, was walking out, then saw the pumpkin and picked it up, but 'forgot' to pay for it and kept on walking. I'm having a hard time believing she 'forgot' as she was leaving.

If she had put it in the bottom of a cart then forgot to take it out at check-out, I could see that as an honest mistake. I'm skeptical about this. I'd like to know more. The story is a little light on detail.
 
No fair: I was busted for stealing a 20oz soda in 1996 . .. I didn't get a damned news story after going to court and paying a small fine.

**** me man
 
Yeah, I'm having a hard time working up a good "give a ****" about this stupid shoplifting woman. Stealing is stealing.
 
I'm getting a bit of Deja Vue here. Seems to me that I read a story very similiar to this ahwile back.
 
DiAnna said:
Yeah, I'm having a hard time working up a good "give a ****" about this stupid shoplifting woman. Stealing is stealing.
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Well, I do have a problem with them spending all the money on a criminal trial for a two dollar theft. Either the DA is out of his mind, or she's refusing to listen to her public defender.
 
Viktyr Korimir said:
Well, I do have a problem with them spending all the money on a criminal trial for a two dollar theft. Either the DA is out of his mind, or she's refusing to listen to her public defender.
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Then again, maybe she's smarter than her public defender. She may be gambling... and not unreasonably so... that a jury will throw out a theft of "only" $2.
 
Viktyr Korimir said:
Well, I do have a problem with them spending all the money on a criminal trial for a two dollar theft. Either the DA is out of his mind, or she's refusing to listen to her public defender.
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She could have accepted responsibility with an "Oops! My bad." and received a (probably) short stint of probation. She's the one who insisted on a trial. My suspicion is that this isn't the first time this particular individual has done an "Oops! My bad." by "accidentally" forgetting to pay for stuff.
 

The detail it's NOT light on is the fact that the District Attorney is wasting taxpayer money to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars to take a lady to a jury trial (to which she's entitled) for stealing (even if she did) a $2 pumpkin.

Come on. That's just NUTZ.
 
I agree with you. But, to me that's obvious. I have this habit of latching onto more subtle factors like this explanation that sounds good on the surface, but make you think , "Hey, wait a minute..." when you think about it for more than a split-second.
 
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