What goes hand in hand with investigating Katrina victims for misappropriating funds? Sending them to prison for extremely long times!

Wednesday, three residents of Kenner, LA were convicted of looting for trying to walk off with "27 bottles of liquor and wine, six cases of beer and one case of wine coolers" six days after the hurricane.

Yes, looting is bad. Yes, those convicted of it should do some time. But 15 years? There are bank robbers that get off lighter than that.

Once again, let's try some empathy on for size. It's been six days since the storm. There's no power or signs of authority. The local grocery store has already been broken into and ransacked...I don't know about you, but a couple dozen bottles of Jack might very well have been on my agenda.

Finally:

Pearson, who had a clean criminal history, testified he went to the store to get insulin for his ailing mother, who stayed home through the storm and was running low on her medication. Deputies later confirmed Pearson's story and delivered the insulin to his mother, according to testimony.

Released from jail on bond, Little was later hired by the same store she was accused of looting, the store manager testified.

Oh yeah, let's lock these fuckers up before they loot again.