one of the greatest ills of society today is that the one thing a thief knows for sure before he steals your stuff, is that even if he is caught-nothing bad or unpleasant is going to happen to him even if he is caught.My solution is that petty crime [break ins, purse snatching etc] should only warrent about 1 hours jail time-and the paddle.Why not try it-what have we got to lose?
vote, snatch and runs are less serious than b/e; but b&e's are invasions-serious crimes especially if someone is home; like the idea of posting a note that your in sight of the truck my .02 cheers