(September 26, 2014 at 12:23 pm)Heywood Wrote: I'd be curious to read the law that this kid alledgedly violated before making a firm judgement. Presumably the statue is private property and the state has an obligation to uphold the property rights of the owners. My first thoughts on this are that if it warrants prosecution it should be handled as a civil matter and not a criminal one.
Clearly Unconstitutional & I don't think it will stand once the ACLU gets a hold of this DA. No idea why you'd think this would be a civil matter however. The only thing this kid is guilty of is trespassing, & not even that if they don't have No Trespassing signs visible.
Quote:Local media has reported that the teen is being charged under a 1972 statute that makes “desecration, theft or sale of a venerated object” a second-degree misdemeanor.
http://law.onecle.com/pennsylvania/crime...9.000.html
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separat...esecration
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