'Oh God, no! They have even taken that. Jesus, I didn't deserve this. Shoplifting is all I was guilty of - a couple of pounds is all. This isn't right, this is an infringement, I'm going to sue somebody'
''Three strikes and you're out'' was proving a success - even if it did catch some minor criminals. Well, the politicians thought, if you are stupid enough to carry on commiting crimes after two warnings, then you deserve what you get.
'Maybe I can appeal somehow', thought Steven as he almost unconciously continued to ''look for his penis'' in his trousers. 'I didn't like the way the judge looked at me when he mentioned the community service part of the sentence, there was a definite leer'.
