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The 19th-century French economist Frédéric Bastiat described taxes as legal plunder. Bastiat held that the state's only legitimate function was to protect the life, liberty, and property of the individual. Now, legal plunder may be exercised in an infinite multitude of ways.
Robbery 3–7 years. If the robbery is committed upon a person that is over 60 years old, is physically handicapped, or if the Robbery occurred in a school or church, 4–15 years. If it involved certain conditions, 30–60 years in prison. Armed Robbery 6–30 years. If it involved certain aggravating conditions, 30–60 years in prison.
Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, [1] natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), [2] or rioting. [3]
Robbery charges result in substantial sentences that may reach up to ten years with parole. Use of a deadly weapon increases the sentence and depends on the action of the defendant during the commission of the act. Robbery requires the acquisition of another's property and the use or threat of force to do so.
Wright, 59, is serving time for a 1982 robbery he did when he was 18, as well as for six other Wyandotte County convictions for crimes such as aggravated robbery and burglary, which he committed ...
Delmar Jones, 39, of Lima, was indicted by a grand jury in October on one count of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, and one count of felonious assault, a felony of the second degree.
Brigandage is the life and practice of highway robbery and plunder. [1] It is practiced by a brigand, a person who is typically part of a gang and lives by pillage and robbery. [2] The word brigand entered English as brigant via French from Italian as early as 1400.
A Florida man serving 400 years in prison for armed robbery walked out of jail Monday after a judge vacated his sentence based on new findings that the case against him was deeply flawed.