The Depressing Rise of People Robbing Banks to Pay the Bills

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16. Yeah, I remember that story when it came out and how quickly it got buried, almost

as if TPTB decided they didn't want more people knowing about it lest it breed it copy-cats.

IIRC, the gentleman had prodigiously reseearched ahead of time exactly what level of crime would result in what term of sentence and he did just enough crime to secure a sentence that would last until he could start collecting Social Security and Medicare at 65. No violence, no muss and no fuss. It was fiendishly brilliant in its conception, I thought, so was not surprised when the media deep-sixed the story after one day. The judge in his case was compelled to sentence him to the mandatory minimum, despite the fact that the perpetrator had absolutely no prior criminal record. It was like jiu-jitsu on the demagoguery of what calls itself the criminal justice system in this country.