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Commentary: Why Shoplift?

NPR
Published November 14, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

When actress Winona Ryder was convicted of shoplifting last week, it struck a chord with Youth Radio's Nora Harrington. Harrington is a high school student who wonders what her classmates find so thrilling about stealing.

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