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Thanks to the State of California, virtually every private university president and trustee is now a criminal, too. http://www.quora.com/Aaron-Greenspan/The-Ca
by thinkcomp 15y ago
Thanks to the State of California, virtually every private university president and trustee is now a criminal, too.
http://www.quora.com/Aaron-Greenspan/The-California-Law-That-Should-Send-The-President-and-Fellows-of-Harvard-College-and-Every-Private-University-To http://www.quora.com/Aaron-Greenspan/The-California-Law-That...
- Alex3917 15y agoMeh, every single person in the US is already a felon. We all possess schedule I drugs in our bodies[1], and there is plenty of legal precedent saying that you can be convicted of narcotics possession for drugs that are in your body. [1] DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, Anandamide, etc.
- Cushman 15y agoThat's a great critique of the CSA, but it's not really legally relevant. No court would convict for possession of endogenous DMT, and then that would be the precedent. Or to put it more simply, you're innocent until proven guilty. Felon means conviction.
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- bediger 15y agoYou're quibbling. I mean, I understand that legally, one has to obtain a conviction to refer to someone as a felon, but practically, that's not the case, not with activist DAs floating around, trying to make a name for themselves as "tough on crime".
- Cushman 15y agoYeah, that's a fair point. But what I was getting at is that no one has ever been convicted for endogenous possession, and no one ever will, so in this case my point stands.
- mahyarm 15y agoDon't forget steroids, BGH, HGH and other hormones.
- sliverstorm 15y agoAre there established limits? For example, I believe there is always alcohol in your bloodstream (or at least there is if you use products on your skin containing alcohol) but that is not a crime unless you exceed the BAC threshold.