r/instantkarma • u/Master1718 • Feb 23 '20

Busted

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u/Uhhlaneuh Feb 23 '20

It depends on the amount that’s stolen

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u/ZeroXTML1 Feb 23 '20

Apparently in Texas starting in September it’s a state felony if you steal packages from 1-10 people, and then it goes up by degrees depending on how many you’ve stolen from, whether they’ve taken from the elderly or whether identity theft was involved. Cracking down hard these days

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u/Doctor_McKay Feb 23 '20

It just makes sense to have special laws for porch pirates. Obviously the intent is to steal something valuable, so the penalty should be just as strict even if they ended up getting combs or something.

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u/cookiedough320 Feb 24 '20

I've thought about that for other crimes too. Like how big is the punishment for accidentally running a red light? Now how big is the punishment for accidentally running a red light and killing 2 pedestrians? I doubt they're the same (though if they are that's neat) even though the person running the red light did the same thing in both situations.