Mass. Legislature Strikes Back: Upskirt Photos Now Officially a Misdemeanor

Just a day after a Massachusetts court said that current state law didn't specifically address "upskirt" snapshots (and so left taking them legal in itself, however annoying or invasive), an alert Massachusetts legislature has crafted and passed a bill to fix the glitch, and gotten it signed by the governor as well. As reported by the BBC, "The bill states that anyone who 'photographs, videotapes or electronically surveils' a person's sexual or intimate parts without consent should face a misdemeanor charge. The crime becomes a felony - punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine - if the accused secretly takes indecent photographs of anyone under the age of 18." The New York Daily News points out this bill became a law without so much as a public hearing.

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Re:no surprise

[sconeu]

Believe it or not, juries sometimes actually DO the right thing, even when sexual predators are involved.

WARNING: Anecdotal evidence follows:

About 15 years ago, I was the jury foreman on a particularly disgusting case... the guy was accused of doing his daughters. We were only able to convict him of one count: "Contributing to the delinquency", because we all agreed that he showed his daughters porn.

We hung on 4 other charges, oddly enough with 4 different splits. On one of the charges, I was one of those voting to acquit.

Re:The 'State', of course, is excluded.

[ColdWetDog]

I think you should spend more time working on your own website