wow - a lot of interesting stuff in this article.  the most interesting part to me?  that these two women spent 16 years in prison for stealing $11.  ELEVEN DOLLARS.  now, i know that there may be other issues i'm not aware of here - you can go to jail for stealing $0 if you murder someone, for example, and i find that legitimate, but as far as i can tell from this article they just ambushed some kids and stole 11 bucks.  is this our legal system in action - 16 years in prison for $11?