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Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2008 11:10 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 20 November 2008 11:10
From the International Business Times:
“If you steal $1 from 1,500 people … it has to be charged as 1,500 misdemeanors,” Bruning said. “It’s hard to argue that this conduct is less harmful than someone who steals $1,500.”
Under current law, Bruning couldn’t charge a gas station owner with a felony for selling gas with ethanol in it at the higher, unleaded price.
Bruning could only charge the station owner with misdemeanors. For a felony, the total stolen must be at least $1,500, and the amounts stolen from each gas station customer couldn’t be added together to qualify as a felony.