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Posted by CStroman (Member # 6872) on :

I didn't see this in a search but it made me go [Eek!]

I hope it's ok to post as I don't think it's controversial, just [Eek!]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=3&u=/nm/crime_necrophilia_dc

Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :

HOLY CRAP!
[Laugh]

THAT'S AWESOME!!!!

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

So Edgar Allen Poe can't live in California?? (wasn't that the rumor about him???)

FG

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

ick

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

No, Poe can't live in California. He's dead, you know.

But now he could safely rest in California.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

[Big Grin]

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

Um... I know it's sick and all.. but eight YEARS?? That's really really steep for a basically victimless crime. Rapists get only, what, 5 years or so?

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

Ewwwwww.

Wish I hadn't read that.

Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :

Yeah. Ewwwwww ...

About time for it to be addressed, sounds like.

Posted by CStroman (Member # 6872) on :

Honestly, I have a few thoughts about the constitutionality of this law.

Did this law in fact give RIGHTS to a corpse?

That could have HUGE ramifications on other RIGHTS.

If not, then what is the classification of a corpse that gives it a status other than "property".

I could see if when a person dies, their corpse becomes an item of "property" ownded by their family/relatives.

But what if that person is homeless or has no kin?

What is to say that a man/woman having sex with a rubber blow up doll is ok, but having sex with a dead corpse is not?

Just some interesting thoughts to ponder.