OK, conviction is a step further but the most important step is still

[theking]

...consequence because if the consequence is weak sauce, some folks won't care if they get arrested and/or convicted:

Woman who used Target self-checkout to steal more than $60,000 of items convicted of theft

Aziza Graves, 43, was convicted after prosecutors said she stole from the same Target store 120 times in just over a one year period. A Northern California woman is facing more than three years in prison after being convicted of shoplifting more than $60,000 worth of items from Target using self-checkout.

[Visualmon]

Not sure if she knew or she doesn't realized that Target have surveillance cameras all over the area.