1st Amendments Rights? Not In My Courtroom

[D_Yeti_Esquire]

Of course it's selectively enforced. That's the joy of jury nullification. This one was in the sweet spot of controversial enough to prosecute but not universal enough to convict. Your small child drawing rainbows won't get prosecuted. And a creepy older guy that starts writing suggestive statements about kids will all but get rubber stamped to prison.

I find the DA and the Mayor rather a hilarious pair though.

[Andara Bledin]

Your small child drawing rainbows won't get prosecuted.

Your small child can't be prosecuted. Vandalism requires "malice," which in legal parlance means you had to intend to at the very least annoy someone with your drawings. Now, if your small child were to be drawing penises and racist/sexist/bigoted comments in front of the courthouse...

[s_stabeler]

Your small child can't be prosecuted. Vandalism requires "malice," which in legal parlance means you had to intend to at the very least annoy someone with your drawings. Now, if your small child were to be drawing penises and racist/sexist/bigoted comments in front of the courthouse...

acxtually, yuor small child is probably too young to be prosecuted. I don't know about the US, but in the UK, someone under 10 cannot be prosecuted for any crime.( the idea is they don't know better) Nor, AFAIK, can they be sued undedr the same reasoning.