Originally Posted by Jim B.

Maybe the saddest thing I saw in 20 years in the criminal Courts of San Francisco was back around 1985 when the District Attorney's office put a case on calendar charging a poor, old black woman with theft.

She allegedly had stolen a used potholder.

From Goodwill.


The Judge was incredulous that this case was not only charged but prosecuted. So was I.

And it was in Felony criminal court too.