naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 24 days agoProtesters who occupied Stanford University president's office receive felony chargesstanforddaily.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down13
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minus-squareRizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·24 days agoBecause they can’t charge them with felony trespassing, so it’s got to be burglary.
minus-squaredotslashme@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoForgive my ignorance, but isn’t burglary a legally defined term that require a certain crime to have been commited?
minus-squareRizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 days agoCalifornia’s burglary has “petty theft” as one of the signifiers for burglary. All they have to prove is that anything is missing, like a stapler, and then they can charge all of them with burglary.
Because they can’t charge them with felony trespassing, so it’s got to be burglary.
Forgive my ignorance, but isn’t burglary a legally defined term that require a certain crime to have been commited?
California’s burglary has “petty theft” as one of the signifiers for burglary. All they have to prove is that anything is missing, like a stapler, and then they can charge all of them with burglary.