[1rudeboy]

Actually, one can probably argue that the legal “discouragement” of setting booby-traps is a common law tradition with a lineage of at least a couple hundred years.

[Chode]

true, but there were RATS even back then... as far as i can see it's merely a law to protect criminals and prosecute the victim.

[Colorado Doug]

Actually, one can probably argue that the legal “discouragement” of setting booby-traps is a common law tradition with a lineage of at least a couple hundred years.

Activist judges don't care about the law, common or otherwise. They are more inclined to base their rulings on what feels good to them at the time.