Re: Deliberate Wrecking of a Train?
Author: Edward
Date: 03-26-2015 - 22:00

Be careful out there...
From Wikipedia:

"Because train wrecks usually cause widespread property damage as well as injury or death, the intentional wrecking of a train in regular service is often treated as an extremely serious crime.

For example, in the U.S. state of California, the penalty for intentionally causing a non-fatal train wreck is life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. For a fatal train wreck, the possible sentences are either life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, or even the death penalty. The willful wrecking of a train is punishable by death or life imprisonment without parole by the United States federal government.

The unusual harshness of California's train wrecking statute has been expressly recognized by its appellate courts. The Supreme Court of California explained in 1972 that train wrecking is one of only eight crimes in the California Codes for which a capital sentence is authorized. The California Court of Appeal pointed out the next year that (at that time) train wrecking was the only other crime besides aggravated kidnapping in the Penal Code for which the Legislature had expressly established the punishment of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole."



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  Deliberate Wrecking of a Train? Pdxrailtranist 03-26-2015 - 11:26
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  Re: Deliberate Wrecking of a Train? Jessie 03-26-2015 - 13:12
  Re: Deliberate Wrecking of a Train? mook 03-26-2015 - 13:26
  Re: Deliberate Wrecking of a Train? pdxrailtransit 03-26-2015 - 13:55
  Re: Deliberate Wrecking of a Train? Ricardo Monteblan 03-26-2015 - 16:57
  Re: Deliberate Wrecking of a Train? up833 03-26-2015 - 21:22
  Re: Deliberate Wrecking of a Train? Edward 03-26-2015 - 22:00
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