"Legal" precedence being set in the UK. Undoubtedly soon to be tested in the US. This report from "The Independent" out of the UK.
Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law
By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor
Thursday, 11 September 2008
The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday. In a verdict that will have shocked ministers and energy companies the jury at Maidstone Crown Court cleared six Greenpeace activists of criminal damage.
Jurors accepted defence arguments that the six had a "lawful excuse" to damage property at Kingsnorth power station in Kent to prevent even greater damage caused by climate change. The defence of "lawful excuse" under the Criminal Damage Act 1971 allows damage to be caused to property to prevent even greater damage – such as breaking down the door of a burning house to tackle a fire.
sad, sad report
Justice is being turned on it's ear to accommodate radicalism to the cheers of the elite who must save the dread Cro-Magnons from their hairy selves. This being in England will surly soon be tested in the USA, we can count on that.
Let's see now, interrupting energy manufacturers...isn't that a large part of what terrorists are doing these days?
XtnYoda Shalomed
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