A jury in Virginia found an undocumented housemaid guilty of stealing $5,000 in jewelry from the homeowner, but felt sorry for the criminal, and chipped in to pay her fine.
Sandra Mendez Ortega, 19, is an undocumented immigrant. Legally she should not be in the U.S. at all. But she is here, and for a time she had a job working with a house-cleaning company.
