Judd Legum

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7. In 2010, South Carolina raised the threshold for felony theft from $1,000 to $2,000. Pew Trusts found that "since the law was implemented, the state’s property crime rate …continued to fall, dropping 15 percent in the three years after reform." — 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

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8. Why doesn't increasing the felony threshold increase shoplifting? Most shoplifters are not making a calculation about the potential legal consequences. Many are addicted to drugs. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 13, 2022