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RE: Boobytraps and the American Legal System [France Legal System]
TCM wrote:
(...)
>Still, I remember vividly in college when the court case was decided
>involving a guy in Florida who was tired of being burglarized and the cops
>doing nothing about it: he rigged a shotgun to go off when someone broke a
>window and entered. A perp did, was shot, survived, and the case went to
>trial.
>
>The boobytrapper was found guilty of some serious crime--I don't recall the
>details (this was circa 1972).
>
(...)
>
>As Vinnie said, "only in Amerika."
Not only, in France too. Circa twenty years ago a man booby-trapped his secondary house (a radio set with explosive) and was successfully sued by the burglar for damages.
I think it is also the point of view of the central european society.
Jean-Paul
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