零元购,zero dollar shopping, 不付钱商店的东西随便拿。
其实加州对偷窃$950以下价值的商品是定罪的,是轻罪 Misdemeanor。
根据加州刑事处罚条例CPC §459.5(A)
Shoplifting – Penal Code Section 459.5 makes it illegal to enter a commercial establishment with the intent to steal while the establishment is open during regular business hours. The value of the property must not exceed $950. “Any other entry into a commercial establishment with intent to commit larceny is burglary.”
if you're convicted of Shoplifting, the Misdemeanor penalty may be:
A term of up to six (6) months in a county jail; OR,
A fine of up to $1,000 (one-thousand dollars); OR,
Both a fine and imprisonment。
现在导致Shoplifting猖獗的其中一个主要原因是:
零元保,偷商店东西不超过950美元,被警察抓后,不用交一分钱保释金,就可以出来。被抓过后的那些人里,很多人会马上又干上几票。
以前加州对抓住这种小偷小摸是要交保释金的,前几年新冠高峰时,因为收监人太多,怕感染,就取消了这种小偷的保释金制度,去年重新保释金制度后,但被抓的人有意见,说没钱交保释金,集体诉讼赢了,法庭就又恢复了不要保释金。
警察部门的人说,这种不要保释金放人的做法,助长了商店零元购翻了。