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Re:Italian court rules food theft 'not a crime' if hungry by swayvil on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @09:58AM (#11620682)
The assumption that people are lying unless proven otherwise is... well it just opens the door to a whole world of problems. It's also distasteful and ugly.
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Re:Italian court rules food theft 'not a crime' if hungry by rhino369 on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @10:04AM (#11620739)
That's sort of how many affirmative defenses are treated in many legal systems. It's up to you to prove you have an excuse, so to say.
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