The law is an ass

A couple have been convicted of theft and dishonesty! For finding a lottery ticket ON THE FLOOR and then when they realised it was a winning ticket, claiming the prize. Surely if you lose your ticket, it's your loss... you don't expect someone else to find it and hand it in for you? What makes this worse is that they have actually pleaded guilty to the theft charge (what was their lawyer doing?) and been convicted. They were given an 11 month suspended sentence for this. Yet burglars, car thief's, muggers and many more get away with just a slap on the wrist, or a couple of months. How is this a fair and impartial legal system, and does it really restore any faith in it? I think no!