Wow for a minute there I thought we had a real problem, shoplifting? This nation needs to get it through its head punishment is not a deterrent, the states with the death penalty have the highest rate of crime and murder.  Alternately if you look at nations where punishment is low crime is low. All get tough on crime does is get tough on budgets. We now incarcerate more people than any nation on earth thats not per capita and is crimes down? Till this nation is ready to deal with the underlying causes of crime then it will not change. Drug addiction, poverty, and lack of education drive crime, but we have to build a wall, we have to build a fighter jet that does not work, we have to go fight another middle east war. The only thing you learn in prison is to be a criminal.