I got caught for shoplifting about 5 months ago and They gave me 15 hours community service and 6 months probation.
I just got caught again shoplifting about a week ago, Violating my probation.
Anyone go through the same thing, or know of what will happen?
I am an adult in canada.
2007-05-16 17:51:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
In the US you would have to go to jail for violating your probation.
2007-05-16 18:12:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under the US System, probation is a "second chance" for someone who screwed up. The idea is that if you stay "clean" for the probation period, you usually get your record cleaned and don't have to go to jail.
But reoffending within the probation period means you will likely be prosecuted for both crimes - and punished more severely. The theory is, anyone can screw up once. But if you do it twice, after being caught the first time and then let go, you really don't give a flip about what you did, you're a bad *** criminal and you should go to jail.
Reoffending while on probation is almost the definition of stupidity... unless you want a criminal record following you around for the rest of your life.
The Canadian system is probably similar.
2007-05-16 18:02:08 · answer #2 · answered by Bambi B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your hand will be chopped off this time, oh never mind you live in Canada. You will have to serve time now, but probably only a couple of months and I wouldn't shoplift anymore since you're not good at it
2007-05-16 18:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by daved980 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you would be gazing a lots stricter probation, and lots extra community hours, end shoplifting, somebody has to pay for it, it ought to look loose, besides the shown fact that that may no longer, shops would desire to develop expenditures to atone for shoplifting, so do us all a prefer and end it, so we don't get taken for a journey on the checkouts.
2017-01-10 03:34:49 · answer #4 · answered by riddell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The penalty will be more severe because of recidivism and violation of probation.
2007-05-16 17:56:37 · answer #5 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a job and lay off the drugs
2007-05-18 10:49:15 · answer #6 · answered by highking937 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uuhhh go staright to jail, don't collect 2 hundred dollars.
2007-05-16 18:01:39 · answer #7 · answered by Allison L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋