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Thread #53419   Message #823617
Posted By: SharonA
11-Nov-02 - 04:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Traveller Discrimination Update...
Subject: RE: BS: Traveller Discrimination Update...
Thanks, Nicole. Actually, Toogood was behind bars last Friday night at least, according to the article I posted. Whether she's posted bail since then, I don't know, nor do I know if she's even permitted to post bail before she's extradited to Michigan.

I disagree with Kevin's assertion that it is uncivilized to sentence people to prison for submitting false information in an attempt to obtain forms of identfication that would then contain that false information. My guess is that Michigan in particular, which borders Canada, has problems with people attempting to conceal their identities to enter the US or Canada illegally and/or to escape prosecution for crimes committed across the border, in addition to the usual reasons that people have for wanting to conceal their identities from state or federal authorities.