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Court: Subway Upskirt Photos Not Illegal
Pandora:
Jesus CHRIST!!! save us.
--- Quote ---... The State Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday dismissed charges against Michael Robertson of Andover, who was arrested in August 2010 by Transit Police. Robertson’s attorneys argued that he was protected by the First Amendment.
So-called Peeping Tom laws protect people from being photographed in dressing rooms and bathrooms when nude or partially nude, but the way the law is written, it does not protect clothed people in public areas, the court said. The SJC ruling went on to suggest that the act in this case should be illegal, noting other states including New York and Florida have explicit laws criminalizing public upskirting.
Under the law, the state has to prove five criteria:
That the defendant willfully photographed, videotaped, or electronically surveilled; the subject was another person who was nude or partially nude; the defendant did so with the intent to secretly conduct or hide his photographing activity; the defendant conducted such activity when the other person was in a place and circumstance where the person would have a reasonable expectation of privacy in not being “so photographed”; and the defendant did so without the other person’s knowledge or consent.
The SJC decision says a woman on the MBTA “wearing a skirt, dress, or the like covering these parts of her body is not a person who is ‘partially nude,’ no matter what is or is not underneath the skirt by way of underwear or other clothing.”
Prosecutors argued that a person has a right to privacy beneath his or her own clothes. But justices ruled that because the alleged incident occurred on a public trolley, there is not a reasonable expectation of privacy.
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Take notice: we're coming for you people who have found Constitutional "emanations and penumbras" codifying abortion but cannot find it in Natural Law that women have a right to privacy UNDER THEIR CLOTHING.
We're coming for you.
AlanS:
I won't be wearin' my kilts any time soon, lassie.
Dan:
Yeah, I heard this yesterday and I just can't believe how warped and twisted the judiciary has become.
Libertas:
Need a Bernie Getz to readjust this perv's attitude...permanently!
Weisshaupt:
--- Quote from: Dan on March 06, 2014, 06:44:06 AM ---Yeah, I heard this yesterday and I just can't believe how warped and twisted the judiciary has become.
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The Judiciary is probably an accurate reflection of the populace.
Good Faith is dead. Now its all about who can game the system the best or set the bar the lowest, and its rampantly spreading.
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