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...such leniency? Defense psychiatrists testified that Roach stole the money because she is addicted to buying stuff, and an independent mental-health specialist agreed. Thus Kennelly decided that Roach suffers from a "diminished mental capacity," that her binge buying was an attempt to "self-medicate" her depression and that jail time would only thwart the therapy that has lately helped stem her compulsions...
That Roach, who repaid the money she pilfered, escaped prison seemed unfair to some, given that federal guidelines forbid such clemencies in crimes committed by people under the influence of alcohol and drugs. And how many denizens of our consumer culture can now claim in court that they stole because they couldn't help themselves? "Hundreds, if not thousands," prosecutor Joel Levin argued in court...
...including Pinocchio, Dumbo, Fantasia, Bambi and Snow White, as well as many of the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny cartoons. With two World War II buddies, Theodore Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, and director Chuck Jones, he helped create the original TV movie version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas...
...from 1985 to 2000, its protectionist, corrupt economy was progressively opened and cleaned up by governments that had few of the trappings of liberal democracy. In fact, some of the most profound reforms in Mexico were undertaken by an administration - that of Carlos Salinas de Gortari - which very probably stole the 1988 presidential election. It was only after years of reform that Mexico in 2000 had a truly clean, democratic election, one in which the ruling party had to play by the same rules as everyone else - and duly lost...
...PERU Golden Mystery Authorities began investigating claims that former President Alberto Fujimori stole $1 billion from the country's coffers, including 53 gold bars worth about $500,000, from the Central Bank, during his 10-year term as President...