Yes you really were stealing, and I suggest leaving that comment out when you go before the Judge. Anyway if you talk to the DA or Judge you might get put in to a program where it can be wiped out. I'd suggest getting a lawyer, or at least talking to one, to make sure that Tenn.
Has such a program, what it's called, and how you can qualify(if you can get a lawyer they will have an easier time getting it then you just trying to use their advice).
You can't get caught not stealing. You mean you didn't actually get to make it out of the store with the merchandise. You were absolutely stealing.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.