CERDAFIED-The justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that secretly photographing unsuspecting females, in the public, up their skirts and dresses, did not violate state law. Apparently the 4th Amendment’s,” right of the people to be secure in their person,” has eroded to such a point that lawmakers had to approve a new law to protect women and children in public from such indecency.
If the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justices were elected, you would have sufficient power to rid yourself of them, though they could be corrupted by the campaign process. However, as life time appointees by the Governor, they are untouchable. They may want to change that “lifetime statute.”
The State Supreme court overturned a lower court decision that ruled that the 31 year old Andover resident, Michael Robinson, had violated the Peeping Tom laws in August of 2010 while taking pictures of Boston subway female passengers, up their skirts, secretly. His arrest by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) police was dismissed.
How did the court come to its decision? (Find out and read the rest of the Lisa Cerda column here)
-cw
CityWatch
Vol 12 Issue 25
Pub: Mar 25, 2014
