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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: Solon who wrote (40031)	9/10/2005 2:25:12 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (1) of 90947

This line reminded me of something that happened about two months before I moved from Portland, Oregon: We remember the "crime" of Jean Val Jean. How much did it cost the State to hunt him down over a 25 cent loaf of bread that could have been given him? Two Portlanders were arrested in Yuba City, CA, about 500 miles south of Portland, after a routine traffic stop and license plate check revealed they were driving a car stolen from Portland. They apparently confessed to having stolen the car. The District Attorney subsequently announced that they would not be extradited back to Oregon because of the costs involved. Needless to say, this generated some discussion about whether or not stealing vehicles was still a crime in Portland, as the Washington border is just across the river and the extradition costs presumably the same. My own car was stolen about 10 days later.

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