Is it fair the 2 girls who robbed the bank last week,only get charged with theft instead of Bank robbery?

Question

I can only think that they are getting special treatment ,because of their race and age.They should be treated like all other Bank Robbers..If someone goes into a Bank and demands money, than exits with that money,whether it is an inside job or not everyone involved should be treated the sameway.The fact that they already started spending the money constitutes them as at least willing participants In a Bank Robbery.

Answer 1

These girls walked up to a participant in the theft of the banks money. He handed them the cash without fear of force, which is a requirement for robbery.

If the police don't have all the requirements of the crime they have to charge them with a crime that fits. In this case Grand Larceny.

Answer 2

You are absolutely 100% WRONG in your statement about the girls getting special treatment because of their race and age. The reason that they were NOT charged with "bank robbery" is that they did not rob anything or anybody...they accepted money which their partner who works at the bank stole, thereby making them a part of the theft. And that's what it is, theft, pure and simple. They did not take the money by the use of force or the implied use of force, which is the definition of "robbery." Therefore, the only thing they can be charged with is "theft," and possibly "conspiracy."

Answer 3

Women are always given less time, lesser charges. It is a truly biased system.

The U.S. has experienced a surge in its prison population, quadrupling since 1980, partially as a result of mandated sentences that came about during the "war on drugs" and despite the decline in violent crime and property crime since the early 1990s. In terms of federal prison, 57 % of those incarcerated were sentenced for drug offenses. Currently, considering local jails as well, almost a million of those incarcerated are in prison for non-violent crime.

roughly 93.2 % of prisoners are male (2002)

Ever since they made prisons privatized, prisons have become like a marketplace, with demand for prisoners going up. I believe that this is the primary reason the war on drugs will not ever come to an end.

the United States has among the highest incarceration rates in the world. More people are behind bars in the United States than any other country. As of 2006, a record 7 million people were behind bars, on probation or on parole. Of the total 2.2 million were incarcerated. China ranks second with 1.5 million followed by Russia with 870,000. The United States has 5 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the world's incarcerated population.

yet, we are still referred to as "the freest country in the world"? this does not make any sense.

Answer 4

I totally agree with you, however, often it depends on the amount which has been taken as to the level of the crime.

Answer 5

thats so true like w.t.f. mate!
only celebs get away with stuff like thats well except paris hilton though i dont think she gives a dang about anything at all. if thats the case we should all rob a bank use the money on food or whatever else and then turn ourselves in.