Corporations steal billions and get golden parachutes...man "steals" bottle of ketchup

[Horse with no Name]

and gets two years probation!:wtf:
What a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad world we live in.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090527/ap_on_fe_st/us_ketchup_caper
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SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former school board trustee from Southern California has been sentenced to two years of informal probation for stealing a bottle of ketchup from a college dining area.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Jacki Brown on Tuesday also ordered Steve Rocco to pay about $200 in fines and stay 100 yards away from the college.

Rocco was convicted by a jury last month of misdemeanor petty theft for stealing a 14-ounce bottle of ketchup from a Chapman University dining area.

The eccentric former Orange Unified School District trustee known for espousing conspiracy theories claims authorities planted the ketchup near his bicycle to make it look like a theft when he was recycling the bottle.

[Jeep789]

1. Wow, I don't think I could find anyone guilty of stealing a

bottle of ketchup. Probably why I've never been on a jury.

[Wednesdays]

2. At my university a guy was arrested for stealing a sandwich

He did some jail time, too.

Now, if he had done a white collar crime involving billions of dollars, he'd have gotten a book deal...and stadiums would be named after him.

[unblock]

3. if you're gonna steal, steal BIG.

at least enough ill-gotten booty to pay for a dream team of lawyers and then some.

if you stole $10, could you imagine the victim settling for $5?

but if you stole $10,000,000 and pay $3,000,000 to lawyers to delay everything for years, the victim might well settle for $5,000,000, leaving you free and clear with a measly $2,000,000.

[Enrique]

4. I'm with Rocco, the ketchup was obviously planted

:tinfoilhat:

[Echo In Light]

5. The American way

[Bozita]

6. Jean Valjean, is that you?

First, bread. Now, ketchup.

[Javaman]

7. Bread, ketchup...whatever. nt

[indypaul]

8. The law deals harshly with man or woman

Who steals a goose from off the common.
But lets the greater felon loose
who steals the common from the goose.

[OhioChick]

9. How fucking pathetic. n/t