On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:17:17 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 7/27/2015 8:17 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:11:35 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> [1] Misaddressed mail generally takes one of two forms: either the
> >> sender has made a mistake in addressing the envelope (usually due to a
> >> typographical error) or the address is out of date because the addressee
> >> has moved. See United States v. Palmer, 864 F.2d 524, 527 (7th Cir. 1988).
> >>
> >> [2] Section 1702 provides in full:
> >>
> >> Whoever takes any letter, postal card, or package out of any post office
> >> or any authorized depository for mail matter, or from any letter or mail
> >> carrier, or which has been in any post office or authorized depository,
> >> or in the custody of any letter or mail carrier, before it has been
> >> delivered to the person to whom it was directed, with design to obstruct
> >> the correspondence, or to pry into the business or secrets of another,
> >> or opens, secretes, embezzles, or destroys the same, shall be fined
> >> under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
> >>
> >> 18 U.S.C. § 1702.
> >
> > The original situation was about some lazy lowlife putting their
> > outgoing mail into someone else's mailbox *without their permission*,
> > so it does happen.
> >
> Again, what's the big deal? It's an outgoing letter with postage on it.
> Who does it hurt? Surely there are better things to worry about.
>
That's not the issue.

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sf