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>License to Steal: Italy’s Highest Court Rules “Theft Not a Crime if Hungry” - Mish - Global Economic Analysis
Actually, I find the "attempted theft" definition odd. Wouldn't pretty much all cases which make it to court be classified as "attempted theft"?

If they got away with it, then there's no case because the criminal can't be charged. But if they're caught, it's attempted, right?


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Beginning of the headline :In a ruling sure to heighten migration tensions in the EU, Italy’s highest court rules “Theft Not a Crime if Hungry“. Stealing small amounts of food to stave off hunger is not a crime, Italy’s highest court of appeal has ruled. Judges overturned a theft conviction against Roman Ostriakov after he stole cheese and sausages worth €4.07 (£3; $4.50) from a supermarket. Mr Ostriakov, a homeless man of Ukrainian background, had taken the food “in the face of the immediate and essential need for nouri... Read More
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