Discipline and Punish

Les MiserablesAn Alabama man just got out of prison after serving nearly 30 years for … stealing a toolbox.

Notice how his attorney assures us that the legal system is much better nowadays – he’d probably only receive ten or fifteen years (!).

In related news, see Jeff Tucker on the Madoff case and the perversity of the prison system.

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