The district attorney's office in Perry County dropped a theft charge against Joseph Sobolewski, 38, earlier this month and downgraded another charge against him after PennLive first reported on the incident. Sobolewski allegedly went into a convenience store to buy a bottle of soda in August. The advertised price was two bottles for $3; the man paid $2 for one bottle and walked out. The price for a single bottle, however, was $2.29 plus tax, meaning he was 43 cents short. A store employee called the police, and Sobolewski was arrested. Do you think the employee should have called the cops over this?

Pennsylvania has a "three strikes" law when it comes to retail theft. He had been arrested and convicted twice before, meaning the third instance, with the soda, resulted in an immediate felony charge. The law doesn't take into account the value of a third theft, and Sobolewski was arrested and jailed on a $50,000 cash-only bond.He spent seven days locked up and faced seven years in prison because of the three-strikes law. Do you agree with "three strikes" laws?

Do you agree with the prosecutor dropping the charges?