Shocking to what I'd have thought about laws regarding protection against stolen merchandise being sold at pawn shops...
it sounds like it's normal for laws to be like "if you can prove you legally own merchandise, you are entitled to only pay the store back what they paid the thief, in order to get your stuff back".
But I'm guess I'm wrong in thinking it should be the thief legally responsible for paying back the store, since they were ones that received the payment. Pro-business ruling, since good luck getting a thief to pay up. Make the legal owner pay ransom for their own goods.