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Masturbation In Public Not Crime, Italy’s Supreme Court Rules by jamesjudehj(op): 11:25pm On Sep 08, 2016
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 decision came down from the Italian Supreme Court — La Corte di Cassazione — in the case of a 69-year-old man, identified only as “PL,” who was caught masturbating in Catania, a city on Sicily’s east coast. 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. The new iteration of the criminal code does call for imprisonment — of up to four-and-a-half years — if the act is witnessed by a minor. In light of this ruling, the court overturned “PL’s” sentence. The case has been sent back to local courts in Catania to determine exactly what the administrative fine — between €5,000 ($5,651) and 30,000 ($33,912) — will be. Public masturbation remains a criminal offense in many other parts of the world, where it can lead to a jail sentence.

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Re: Masturbation In Public Not Crime, Italy’s Supreme Court Rules by Nobody: 12:24am On Sep 09, 2016
Italy? A Christian country. Christian and gross indecency are like 5 and 6
Re: Masturbation In Public Not Crime, Italy’s Supreme Court Rules by pennywys(m): 1:23am On Sep 09, 2016
FriendChoice:
Italy? A Christian country. Christian and gross indecency are like 5 and 6
dummy must you mention christians here? This is a Country not a christian religious body. What indecency can be worst than terrorism been perpetuate by Islam and its worshippers. Christianity preach against masturbations.
Re: Masturbation In Public Not Crime, Italy’s Supreme Court Rules by Nobody: 4:35am On Sep 09, 2016
pennywys:
dummy must you mention christians here? This is a Country not a christian religious body. What indecency can be worst than terrorism been perpetuate by Islam and its worshippers. Christianity preach against masturbations.
Yeah I know it will only concern religion if it happens in Saudi Arabia or UAE. Islam is against terrorism but you people accept same sex marriage in your churches. Even animals don't do this. This is high degree of Gross Indecency.
Re: Masturbation In Public Not Crime, Italy’s Supreme Court Rules by Deepfreezer(m): 3:39am On Sep 10, 2016
Jesus!!!
Re: Masturbation In Public Not Crime, Italy’s Supreme Court Rules by Deepfreezer(m): 3:41am On Sep 10, 2016
FriendChoice:
Italy? A Christian country. Christian and gross indecency are like 5 and 6
you guys have started againhuh Are you OKhuh Like are u sure you really ok huh
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