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jury trials are great. if we could get more juries to strike downs the crappy laws we have

I enjoyed the story and got some laughs out of it. There is, however, a tiny little thought in the back of my head that reminds me that I don't know exactly how it happened, but I'd have to give the guy the benefit of the doubt.

(rolls eyes) Fucking Puritans.

Someone needs some punishment for bringing this guy to court!!!

There is actually some gray area here involving intent.

Walking around naked in your house, even if visible, is perfectly legal (check your state laws though). However, standing in front of an open window staring at pedestrians while you masturbate is very illegal.

I don't know what this guy did though, and the evidence was one person's word against another's. I'm guessing the lower court judge was convinced something intentionally vulgar occurred.

I believe this is the guy whose roommates were out of town or had moved out. He was there alone and decided he could go naked since no one else in the house is there to care. The story I read claimed the lady was taking a short cut through the yard (IE not on the sidewalk) and saw him naked.

I just say, if the roles were reversed...lady was in her house making coffee, guy was walking by the house taking his daughter to school. And let's just say he decided he was going to call the cops on her for it...who would be in trouble? My vote is on the guy, calling the cops to report the crime is basically him admitting to being a peeping tom...the only possible redeeming thing is if he had a female child with him instead of a male child....and even then they'd probably charge the guy with corrupting a minor by taking them out peeping.

I believe the lady should absolutely be taken to court over it and let a jury decide if she was innocently looking into people's homes. Her charge cost the guy his job, caused problems with custody on his child, and will probably affect his public image for a long time even though he was eventually found not guilty. Just because this lady decided it was cool to go looking into people's windows. If he was up in the window playing with himself, she wouldn't have stood around and flipped him off...she'd be high tailing it down the street to get away from the sicko. She was just causing problems for the guy, and maybe nudity was just a convenient way to do so.

Cost him his job? That would make perfect grounds for a wrongful termination suit?

Also this would have been much better without the talk radio guys at the beginning and end.

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Cost him his job? That would make perfect grounds for a wrongful termination suit?

A friend of mine lost her job (pizza delivery) because she was arrested for possession of paraphernalia (weed pipe with no weed in it) found during an illegal search. Of course it's NC so they aren't required to give a reason for firing you.

She was found not guilty due to the illegal search, but the arrest was still on her record, preventing her from getting a teaching job after the incident. She had to get it expunged before the state would even consider her for a job.

I would think that arrests wouldn't affect such things since it isn't a statement of guilt, but apparently it can still be a problem.