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Hiya Folks... This time around we have an apparently-true news item which demonstrates that justice can get a bit carried away at times... Wishes & Dreams... - ANDREA xx *********THE LOONY BIN****loonies@bloodaxe.com********* Archive: http://loonies.net800.co.uk/ ************ANDROMEDA******Internet Goddess************ ------- Forwarded foolishness follows ------- The Punishment Should Fit The Nut A Texas prosecutor is defending his aggressive handling of the case against a man who was sentenced to 16 years in prison for stealing a candy bar. Smith County District Attorney Jack Skeen tells The Dallas Morning News he bumped the theft charge against Kenneth Payne to a felony because of his 10-year record of 10 convictions - including theft, assault and possession of drugs. One of the convictions was for stealing a bag of Oreo cookies. The current case involved the theft of a $1 Snickers bar from a grocery last December. Payne was on parole for felony theft at the time. Payne's attorney is promising to appeal the sentence. University of Texas law professor Robert Dawson says prosecution of the 29-year-old Payne as a habitual criminal seems harsh. He notes that it costs $14,000 a year to keep an inmate in prison in Texas, and over 16 years "that probably comes out to about $800 a peanut. That seems a little high." Please include this information if you forward this joke: ******************************************************* This joke and others like it, can be found in: The Loony Bin http://loonies.net800.co.uk/ ******************************************************* To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE email: loonies@bloodaxe.com Subject: 'unsubscribe' or 'subscribe' Get PAID for the emails you already send and receive! http://www.mailround.com/ Referrer: andrea@bloodaxe.com