Fwd: [isn] Supreme Court Rules Against Government in Identity-Theft Case

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Bridget Broderick

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Subject: [isn] Supreme Court Rules Against Government in Identity-Theft Case


WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that the federal government has been going too far in using identity-theft laws to prosecute undocumented workers who use fake identification to get and hold jobs.
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Text of Opinion: Flores-Figueroa v. United States (pdf)

In limiting the use of a law enacted in 2004 that has become a favorite weapon of the authorities who go after illegal immigrants, the justices said that to use it, a prosecutor must be able to show that a defendant knew that the identification he used actually belonged to another person.






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