I'll relay a story a friend of mine just told me.
She was at the store and noticed security had detained a person. They were going through a backpack and acussing the person of stealing cans of food. My friend went up to them and pretended to know the person. She then said "I was going to pay for these items, I must've forgot, let's go pay for them now" security reluctantly allowed her to pay for the persons items and let him go.
$22.00, was the cost to feed someone and keep them out of jail.
@mike made me think of this. This is old time country blues, may sound a bit rough, some significant differences in the technology of recording. Listen to the words. Artist is Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly. Song is Gallows Pole.https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6aRe-DVGjSw&feature=share
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