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Go Texas!
https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/new-law-makes-stealing-packages-mail-a-felony
“Amazon supported the bill” – eBay wasn’t involved?
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You are either un-informed as to what laws Texas has been infamous for or …., I hope it is the former.
This is needless amplification of sentencing laws which will serve no practical purpose. Now before anyone makes any assumptions, I am a relatively rich conservative who drives a Tesla & collects art.
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It’s already a Federal Felony, so this just allows state level prosecutors to take it more seriously as well.
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Ups, Fedex, Amazon Logistics, etc..etc.. are private entities. Stealing or tampering with these package types are not “federal felonies”. Diff story with USPS Mail matter.
The laws are generally adequate, just enforce them. Why doesn’t Amazon get behind making shoplifting a felony? The answer is because it doesn’t benefit them.
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100% with Raoul here.
I just want the existing laws to be taken seriously by police. People around here have given up on reporting stolen packages because the police have displayed complete non-interest in pursuing it simply due to volume. Even footage or an eye-witness report barely gets their interest these days.
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Stealing mail is usually prosecuted as larceny and CAN be prosecuted as a federal crime, ranging from a misdemeanor to a felony… The penalty for theft or receipt of stolen mail is imprisonment not more than 5 years or a fine or both in accordance with 18 U.S. Code § 1708.
The Texas law now makes it a straight up felony and ups the imprisonment to ten years. If the other laws did any good, we would not have the massive increase in package theft.
And if you don’t live in Texas, keep your opinions buttoned, mister. I happen to know that EVERY state has its weird ones! 😉
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The increase in theft is relative to the increase in volume. If you think making package theft a state felony will practically reduce the instance of theft, you will be greatly disappointed. Just like TX capital punishment law has not reduced the instances of murder in the state. Of course, it has increased the instances of executing humans & made TX the number one killer in America.
By the way, do you really think the list of goofy laws you linked to, such as needing a permit to feed garbage to a pig, is in the same category as human rights laws & non-laws?
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Bloke keeps on getting parcels nicked off his porch. In despair, he rigs up a camera, gets a video of a strange character in a brown cowl striding up to his door. Whips out a toy piano, plays a few notes, puts the piano back under his cowl, picks up the parcel and walks off.
Bloke takes the video to the coppers. “Oh, that’s Felonious Monk.” “And his sticky jazz hands.” “Why you showing us that, anyway?”
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