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Technically. 18 U.S.C. § 1701 Says if you accidentally open it it's not a crime, but then not notifying the post office and returning it to them is when it beco
by Overtonwindow 9y ago
Technically. 18 U.S.C. § 1701 Says if you accidentally open it it's not a crime, but then not notifying the post office and returning it to them is when it becomes a crime. By a) opening the letter (apparently deliberately as he doesn't say accidentally) and then b) NOT returning it to the postal service, the author has committed a crime.
- goialoq 9y agoIt's a crime to not go out of way to do someone else's job for them? I see nothing about that here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1701 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1701 "Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both." Reading/trashing mail in my box isn't obstructing or retarding anything in passage or conveyance.