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Re:Laid-Off Americans, Required to Zip Lips on Way Out, Grow... by sokoloff on Saturday June 11, 2016 @08:40PM (#11886108)
Has anyone really faced trial for theft of a $1 candy bar? I'd imagine that turns out to be a ticket, a barring from that store, and on your way...
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Re:Laid-Off Americans, Required to Zip Lips on Way Out, Grow... by Clubber on Saturday June 11, 2016 @08:50PM (#11886129)
Absolutely, happens all the time. If a company security team catches you, it's up to the company to press charges, but they can and they do. It includes arrest and trial. Here's an NPR story on it I found with Google.

http://www.npr.org/2012/11/15/165218744/busted-what-happens-...

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