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Re:SEC Charges Rothenberg Ventures in Fraudulent Scheme by alex_young on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:29PM (#17806020)
Old news at this point, but there are probably plenty of people serving life for small theft in CA on the old law:

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Stealing-one-slice-of-pi...

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Re:SEC Charges Rothenberg Ventures in Fraudulent Scheme by rayiner on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:39AM (#17809000)
California used to invoke the three strikes law where the first two crimes were serious felonies, and the third was anything. But not three misdemeanors.
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Re:SEC Charges Rothenberg Ventures in Fraudulent Scheme by jmalicki on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:47PM (#17806152)
It was still felony petty theft... how stealing a pizza is a felony is messed up, but it was still a felony.
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