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California Courts of Appeal

Mar. 25, 2017

San Francisco seeks to shut down company that targets shoplifters

The Corrective Education Company is either a well-meaning startup intent on providing shoplifting suspects a second chance or a criminal entity that extorts money by leveraging the threat of criminal prosecution, opposing lawyers told the 1st District Court of Appeal on Thursday.

By Kevin Lee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — The Corrective Education Company is either a well-meaning startup intent on providing shoplifting suspects a second chance or a criminal entity that extorts money by leveraging the threat of criminal prosecution, opposing lawyers told the 1st District Court of Appeal on Thursday.

Which perspective the appellate court adopts could determine whether the Utah-based company can c...

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