Wayne Hsiung

But this time, the judge allows it.

Huh.

Why?

Yeah, because Wayne is being charged with theft, right?

Right.

And in order for him to be convicted of theft, the law says the thing he took has to be worth something.

So at the very least, he has to be able to talk about the objects he took.

Sure, yeah, that makes sense.

So then... Tell us about these two individual pigs and their condition.

Wayne starts to make this case that, you know, these piglets, they're malnourished.

Like, they're really sick.

He calls a veterinarian to the stand.

The piglets probably weren't going to make it without the attention of a vet, which, you know, isn't cheap.

And when you compare that to the monetary value of the piglet to the farm... What would be the value of a 10 to 12 pound piglet?

which another vet had testified was about $40.

$42.20.

If you do the math, these piglets would have been worth negative $272.

Whoa, huh.

So the money to rehabilitate them was more than the money that they were worth at the time.

Exactly, which Wayne argued would mean he didn't technically commit theft.