[lit-ideas] Re: Pratts
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- Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 10:33:14 +0200
On 31-May-11, at 1:15 AM, David Ritchie wrote:
On May 30, 2011, at 4:11 PM, David Ritchie wrote:
what to charge someone with when you can't charge them
How to charge people when there's no statute to cover the kidnapping
of children
This reminded me of the first attempts in the U.S. to bring
perpetrators of violence towards children to justice. According to my
memory of something long-ago heard or read, the first charges (late in
the 19th century?) were brought invoking laws against cruelty to
animals.
Does any list member know more?
Chris Bruce,
captionless, in
Kiel, Germany
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