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posted by janrinok on Sunday September 11 2016, @06:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the got-to-hand-it-to-them dept.

I figured that this is a topic, while not dear to us, is relevant to this crowd -- well maybe not the public part. Italy's highest court has ruled that masturbation in public is not a crime, as long as it is not conducted in the presence of minors.

The man was convicted in May 2015 after he performed the act in front of students on the University of Catania campus, according to documents filed with Supreme Court. The man was sentenced to three months in prison and ordered to pay a fine of €3,200 (around $3,600).

However, the defendant's lawyer appealed the case to the country's highest court, which ruled on the side of the accused in June but only just made its decision public. Judges ruled that public masturbation out of the presence of minors is no longer deemed criminal conduct due to a change in the law last year, which decriminalized the act.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/europe/italy-supreme-court-masturbation/


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @08:58AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @08:58AM (#400590)

    jaywalking - lol. That isn't even a thing in most of Europe.