[ClearCase_guy]

Good comments. I agree.

[Cboldt]

One other thought - the only way this issue goes up the food chain to appellate court and eventually the state supreme court, is by a guilty verdict.

I don't know if that was a factor in the judge's decision, just saying that if nothing else, the sort of conduct this chick was engaging in has serious enough consequences (even though it applies to a minute fraction of the population, so as to not chill any decent, normal person) that it is worth getting law on the books, and only the appeals courts are capable of that.