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High-Tech Burglars May Get Longer Sentences In Louisiana
Hugh Pickens writes "Burglars and terrorists should be careful not to use Google Maps if they plan on committing crimes in the state of Louisiana. Nola reports that a bill approved 89-0 by the Louisiana House will require that judges impose an additional minimum sentence of at least 10 years on terrorist acts if the crime is committed with the aid of an Internet-generated 'virtual map.' The bill, already approved by the Louisiana Senate, defines a 'virtual street-level map' as one that is available on the Internet and can generate the location or picture of a home or building by entering the address of the structure or an individual's name on a website. If the map is used in the commission of a crime like burglary, the bill calls for the addition of at least one year in jail (PDF) to be added to the burglary sentence. The House measure is now being sent back to the Senate for approval of clarifying amendments made by a House committee."
I can see a long list of what will add time to your prison time.
Use a:
phone: 10 points
gun: 30 points
Google Maps: 15 points
wire cutters: 10 points
etc.
Just what we need...
And another fifteen years tacked on if the criminal tweets about it.
I will bend like a reed in the wind.
We must not let ourselves be terrorized by these new masters of high technology! Further fines levied against kidnappers who make ransom demands by phone rather than letters cut and pasted together with words from magazines.
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
Which one of them only half understands?
Go green: turn off your refrigerator.
It's an additional minimum of one year in jail if you have a CV while committing a crime.
All of them.
... go to jail longer. We Loosianna people ain't liking nobuddy takin advantage of us with teh intarweb. -Jeb