Wagging the Finger at Crime...

Couple get 9 years prison for Wendy's finger scam - Yahoo! News SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - A California court sentenced a couple to nine years in prison on Wednesday for planting a human finger in a bowl of chili as part of a scam last year to defraud a Wendy's fast food restaurant. A judge in Santa Clara Superior Court sentenced Anna Ayala and her husband, Jaime Plascencia, to nine years imprisonment for their role in the Wendy's scam, which caused a sharp fall in sales at the third-largest U.S. burger chain. The husband was given another three years and four months for not paying child support in an unrelated case, giving him a sentence of a total of 12 years, four months behind bars. "I am truly sorry. I owe Wendy's and its employees an apology," a tearful Ayala told the court. "Wendy's had always been my family's favorite fast food restaurant." She called her actions "a moment of poor judgment," and told her family: "For all the shame I brought upon them I am sorry, I am so sorry." Wow - 9 years?! People convicted of attempted murder get out in less, but put a finger in a bowl of chili and they send you up the river for a good long time. All kinds of criminals get a free pass for all kinds of worse stuff, but I guess this sends the message that you cannot mess with a multi-million dollar fast food chain. Is this what it means to be tough on crime?