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Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu by DanBC on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @07:30PM (#3979518)
People get arrested for shoplifting. So they spend at least a couple of hours in police cells while they're getting booked.

People get fined for shoplifting. Sometimes they don't pay the fines. They go to prison for not paying fines.

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Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu by Semiapies on Thursday May 17, 2012 @08:18PM (#3989771)
It seems you in turn are having difficulty distinguishing "arrest" and "prison". The former involves being put in a jail (or "gaol") for a short period of time, while the latter involves being put in a prison for years on end.
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