The min punishemnt for robbery is 3 years in China.

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Robbery, $ 3.60 worth of corn on the cob, or will face three years in prison

20-year-old came to Shanghai Youth Lee Ben wanted to come to Shanghai to earn money, but a few hundred dollars of money for the journey after use have yet to find a satisfactory job. Once found in the trash a broken kitchen knife, the hungry initiation or evil, armed with a knife robbed a convenience store.

Recently, the Pudong New District Procuratorate on suspicion of robbery Lee prosecution.

One night in April of this year, Miss Han and colleagues Xiao He a partner in a supermarket night shift. 2:30 Xu, a young man the customer chose a few items, went to the cashier at the checkout, right hand suddenly from the chest clothes come up with a kitchen knife rack in the neck of Miss Han said: "all the money out! "" We are working, the money to pay off, and now have no money. "Miss Han trembled answer. Then rushed to the alarm, the young men found in the edge of the small stacking shelves how seeing desire turned to how to knife to his neck. Two salesmen did not take the money to him, the young men see the cooked corn on the counter: "I can take the corn to eat it?" Whatever you want what means can the two salesperson in unison, then The young men took a cooked corn ate and ran out of the supermarket.

After a while, Alarming police rushed to the supermarket, to the salesperson to understand the situation, all the way to escape in the direction of the police to the young man to chase, police continue to investigate the scene of another way. Soon after, the young men back to the supermarket, police said: "I came to surrender."The investigation was unable to find work, the young man, Lee, in early March this year, a person came to Shanghai after carry 800 dollars soon run out at night only live under the bridge, and once picked up a kitchen knife put it in the body.

At 2:30 on April 11 Xu, Lee implemented a robbery.According to Lee explain to the prosecutor, when the money did not grab, but see the cooked corn on the counter, hungry whining Take a corn ran to eat, to the front of the junction, the chopper throw. Lee stood much thought, think of the supermarket salesperson alarm, running to get away, and penniless, the latter had to return to the supermarket to find the police gave himself up.Although Lee only took away a price of $ 3.60 corn on the cob, but had threatened at knife clerk because of his still being punished for the crime of robbery. Lee, who just turned 21 years old never thought the only ages embarked on a life of crime. Recently, Lee, for robbery, Pudong New Area People's Procuratorate prosecution. To Reporters policy reports.