It also says that it is helping everyone involved: the shoplifters who avoid the legal system and are, thinks CEC, rehabilitated; the stores which prevent the problem of recidivists; and the criminal justice system which doesn't get clogged up with petty cases.
"They had far more impact than they would have had working with petty cases for Legal Aid".
If Sessions gets his way, that percentage will continue to increase: Every U.S. attorney in the country will be doing more of the same work that Purdon complained about, and the five U.S. attorneys whose districts touch the southwest border will take on increasingly petty cases to keep the numbers up.
Those figures don't include the number of pettier cases filed in magistrate court, where the number is also rising.
Internet humorist and podcaster Asterios Kokkinos had no idea he'd wind up in the New York State Supreme Court embroiled in one of the pettiest cases to pass through the halls of justice when he entered into a mutually destructive flame war with George Maddoxx" Ouzounian years ago.
An investigation by USA Today found that Baltimore police have used the device in 837 criminal cases, including serious crimes such as homicide and shooting cases, as well as petty crime cases involving credit card theft and harassing text messages.
A10 NEW YORK/REGION D1-7 Wealthy Fugitive Caught In Petty Shoplifting Case A nationwide manhunt for Robert A. Durst, 58, scion of a Manhattan real estate family, ended when he was arrested in Bethlehem, Pa., after, the police said, he stole food and a bandage.
He was also found to have abused the powers of his office by arranging to have her released from police custody when she was detained in a petty theft case.
According to data provided by the office, 65 percent of fthe 2,100 or so first-time petty larceny cases involving a value of about $100 or less were given adjournments in contemplation of dismissal in 2009.
