A South Carolina woman recently spent a night in jail after failing to return a movie, Monster in Law, for nine years. The warrant for her arrest was apparently issued years ago after numerous failed attempts to reach the suspect, Kayla Finley. Finley claims she had to move quickly after renting the film, due to her husband's job relocation, and simply forgot about returning it. She continuously and adamantly professes that she is no criminal and refutes the bogus charges put against her, additionally saying that she received no notification from the store about her overdue rental. People have taken to social media claiming that the real punishment lies in the crime. In other words having had to endure the Jennifer Lopez film and having the world know she actually rented that movie is punishment enough. The general opinion amongst many is that the law enforcement officers overreacted with an actual jail sentence, no matter how small, for such a petty and insignificant crime.
Wow...good to see tax dollars are going to catch the real criminals. I feel much safer now knowing that police are pursuing only the truly heinous and worst of crimes. But the real accomplishment lies with Netflix, who deserves a medal of honor seeing as it has probably prevented countless criminals from taking movies out of video stores and then not returning them. But really, jail time for not returning a movie? That's a little ridiculous, a fine I can understand, but I think this is just gross misuse of power. The whole situation was just so unnecessary, and has become a joke on social media and I suspect within the town and the police department.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/17/tech/web/video-rental-arrest/index.html?hpt=us_c2
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