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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Jean-Paul Kroepfli <JeanPaul.Kroepfli@ns.fnet.fr> writes:
>
> 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.

mantraps are perfectly legal under english common law (a person's home is
his or her castle) but not under the fascist american common law.

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