Judge Spares Woman from Jail for Theft Due to Her "Shopaholism"

In addition to the "battered wife syndrome," which has excused dozens of women from attacking and/or murdering their husbands, a U.S. court has now acknowledged "shopaholism," which can excuse women from theft. The Sydney Morning Herald reported here that a woman (whose salary was $250k/year to begin with) was not given a jail sentence for stealing more than $500,000 from her employer - because her "shopaholic" tendencies were a symptom of depression. In the end, she was sentenced to five years of probation. Source: Sydney Morning Herald [Australian newspaper] Note: article originally appeared in The Sun-Herald



Title: Depressed thief spared from jail



Author: Unknown



Date: May 27, 2001

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