Judd Legum

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5. Since 2000, at least 40 states have raised their felony theft thresholds. Walmart and other retailers have spent millions opposing these changes, arguing that raising the felony threshold will increase shoplifting. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 13, 2022

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4. Even if retail theft was up, there is no evidence that harsher sentences advocated by @Walmart and McMillon would deter shoplifting. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 13, 2022

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6. A 2017 study by Pew Trusts found that "in the 30 states that raised their thresholds between 2000 and 2012, downward trends in property crime or larceny rates, which began in the early 1990s, continued without interruption." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 13, 2022