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USSR? China? Malaysia? Saudi Arabia? Iran? USA if the police and DA want to make an example?
by financltravsty 3y ago
USSR? China? Malaysia? Saudi Arabia? Iran? USA if the police and DA want to make an example?
- adrr 3y agoI doubt anyone does any jail time for stealing bread unless they are habitual offender(multiple felony convictions) or its aggravated theft(eg: by force/violence). Court cases are public so feel free to prove me wrong.
- financltravsty 3y agoTodd Hutchinson (bread, candy, and a radio -- U.S.A), Elkeno Wallace (hot dog buns -- Bahamas), Jean Valjean (self-evident), numerous gulag victims (see: Solzhenitsyn), unnamed father who got his hand and foot chopped off for stealing a bag of flour in Syria, etc.
- duskwuff 3y ago> Jean Valjean (self-evident) Jean Valjean is a character in a novel, not a real person, and is about as relevant to this discussion as a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk.
- financltravsty 3y agoApparently not self-evident! A.k.a Eugène Vidocq
- mkl 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Fran%C3%A7ois_Vidocq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Fran%C3%A7ois_Vido... says he stole a lot of money from his parents' bakery, but wasn't imprisoned for that (though was for plenty of other crimes).
- financltravsty 3y agoYes, he was a criminal since 14 (maybe earlier) -- facing his first stint at that age. It's debatable whether his reputation followed him in those days, having bounced around towns and cities so much. But he did steal bread later on in his life to -- if Hugo is to be accepted a reliable witness -- feed his family at the time. For this he was imprisoned almost immediately, leading to the creation of Jean Valjean.
- ponector 3y agoFrom the past: USSR applied a death sentence for stealing grains from the already harvested field. Nowadays Taliban do hands amputation as punishment for stealing(not sure about stealing bread, though).