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In article >, ost
says...
>
> Kathleen > wrote:
>
> > Nobody whose crimes affected property only, no matter the dollar amount
> > involved, "deserves" burns over 90% of the body.
>
> Meanwhile taxpayers will be footing the bill for the extensive
> skin-grafting.
>
> A guy here in Austin literally burst into flames trying to steal
> live copper wire from, of all places, an electrical substation.
> Duh.
>
> While the crime itself is minor, he was Life-Lined to San Antonio
> where they can reconstruct him while the County foots the bill for
> medical services.
>
> In Dave's example, the guy with 90% of burns on his body hasn't even
> been connected to any of the fires. They did arrest two completely
> unrelated suspects though. He forgot to mention that part.
>
> -sw

Survival rates for people burned over a certain percentage of their
bodies isn't generally good.

That said, the guy who cooked himself in the electrical substation is
surely dead by now.