Justices sympathetic to immigrant in ID theft case

[dbacks fan]

Okay, I'm going to vent a little on this one. Just read this story on identity theftthat really has me chapped. Having suffered ID theft twice in the last five years I can't believe that the US Supreme Court is about to give an "undocumented alien" a break for possessing some one elses ID because he did not have it to steal money from that persons bank account or run up credit. Yes I get the fact that the person that sold him the documents actually stole or created it, but the point is he was in possesion of some one elses ID. When are we going to stop giving away rights to people who are here illegally? I understand they should get the same treatment as us, but this is insane. What part of he "Purchased a stolen identity" am I missing?

[nathanm]

quote:Originally posted by dbacks fan

Okay, I'm going to vent a little on this one. Just read this story on identity theftthat really has me chapped. Having suffered ID theft twice in the last five years I can't believe that the US Supreme Court is about to give an "undocumented alien" a break for possessing some one elses ID because he did not have it to steal money from that persons bank account or run up credit. Yes I get the fact that the person that sold him the documents actually stole or created it, but the point is he was in possesion of some one elses ID. When are we going to stop giving away rights to people who are here illegally? I understand they should get the same treatment as us, but this is insane. What part of he "Purchased a stolen identity" am I missing?

The part about "intent." The person intended to procure a false identification document and social security number, not a number that belonged to another person.

It's sort of like killing someone without intending to do so. You aren't guilty of murder, although you probably are guilty of manslaughter.