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In Arizona, Parents Could Go to Jail for Changing Their Kids' Diapers
reason.com ^ | Sep. 19, 2016 1:00 pm | Lenore Skenazy

Posted on 10/03/2016 9:39:22 AM PDT by COBOL2Java

What's the difference between a parent changing his baby's diaper and a child molester fondling a 12-year-old's breasts?

In Arizona, that's a trick question—because, legally, there is no difference. In a state Supreme Court ruling that came out last week, the justices determined that intentionally or knowingly touch the private parts of a child under age 15 is automatically a felony.

(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; US: Arizona
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To: COBOL2Java

Heed your own advice and read it ...


21 posted on 10/03/2016 10:22:53 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
Heed your own advice and read it ...

I don't live in Arizona, nor do I have any underage children.

22 posted on 10/03/2016 10:24:15 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary's screeching voice is like the pipe organs of hell)
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To: VanDeKoik

You may, but I would not want to take the chance.


23 posted on 10/03/2016 10:24:38 AM PDT by sport
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To: COBOL2Java

And ?


24 posted on 10/03/2016 10:31:55 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: COBOL2Java

And ?


25 posted on 10/03/2016 10:31:56 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: VanDeKoik
Somehow I doubt a jury would convict anyone over changing diapers.

Doesn't matter. The point is your life is ruined long before a jury issues a verdict. The prosecutors know this and will make sure you know it. You cannot prove a negative. This gives a corrupt prosecutor immense power over anyone he wants to target.

As has been demonstrated many times in the last 8 years, laws such as these are used frequently to target political opposition and those that don't toe the party line. Think IRS. Think asset forfeiture laws. Think BLM. And so on.

26 posted on 10/03/2016 10:33:09 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: Popman

What is vague?


27 posted on 10/03/2016 10:33:20 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
And ?

And what? Are you one of those Freeper a__holes who just like to start useless arguments?

Have a nice day!

28 posted on 10/03/2016 10:33:26 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary's screeching voice is like the pipe organs of hell)
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To: COBOL2Java

No. Just saying the courts cade a good decision contrary to your claim that it was an insane decision which you reached without reading the decision.


29 posted on 10/03/2016 10:36:34 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: COBOL2Java

This is so they arrest anybody they want at any time for any reason. Gets the arrest statistics numbers up, making it appear that the politicians are fighting crime.


30 posted on 10/03/2016 10:41:33 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: TexasGator

-—What is vague?-—

The article doesn’t say, but I think the tripwires when you break them means you have broken the law, they were kept blurry to entrap people who were molesting children not to give them an defense...

Of course the same law can be interpreted as a crime giving your child a bath..


31 posted on 10/03/2016 10:43:28 AM PDT by Popman
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To: Popman

Read the decision ....


32 posted on 10/03/2016 10:45:07 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

Yes I did.


33 posted on 10/03/2016 10:45:19 AM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: COBOL2Java

34 posted on 10/03/2016 10:45:46 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Jim 0216

Case laws can be just as binding as legislated laws.

” Since the U.S. legal system has a common-law system, higher court decisions are binding on lower courts in cases with similar facts that raise similar issues. The concept of precedent, or Stare Decisis, means to follow or adhere to previously decided cases in judging the case at bar.”


35 posted on 10/03/2016 10:46:46 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: ClearCase_guy
I’m not sure if this is an “I’m Spartacus!” moment or an opportunity for the Dr. Floyd Ferris quote from “Atlas Shrugged”.

For me, the answer is easy: such a cynical use of law could only originate in the mind of a character like Dr. Ferris.

BTW, I have one of the Project F binders used in AS III. My wife and kids think I'm crazy for buying it and another item from the producers...maybe I am, but I really don't care.

O/T, I heartily recommend the audio book version of AS. It brings to life many memorable passages within the novel. The treatment of Cherryl Taggart by her husband is chilling.

36 posted on 10/03/2016 10:47:10 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Nifster

Then you read it after your #2.


37 posted on 10/03/2016 10:50:29 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: COBOL2Java

A nice protest would be to drop off a pile of used diapers at the Court Office.


38 posted on 10/03/2016 11:06:46 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: TexasGator

No.

For judges to write tha at they don’t expect people to be charged in the course of normal duties is insane. The judges can’t and won’t control who is charged. And out of control DA is all it takes


39 posted on 10/03/2016 11:10:06 AM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: COBOL2Java

What about physicians who give physical exams to boys and girls under the age of 15?


40 posted on 10/03/2016 11:20:07 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (You can't spell TRIUMPH without TRUMP)
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