Georgia Appeals Court Says 'Upskirting' Not Against the Law

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Georgia Appeals Court Says 'Upskirting' Not Against the Law

By KATE BRUMBACK, ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — Jul 25, 2016, 12:29 PM ET

A man admitted he surreptitiously took cellphone video up a woman's skirt while she shopped at a grocery store, but a Georgia court said he didn't break the law.

A divided Georgia Court of Appeals this month tossed out the conviction of former grocery store employee Brandon Lee Gary, who recorded videos up a woman's skirt — known as "upskirting" — while she shopped. The 6-3 majority opinion said Gary's behavior, while reprehensible, doesn't violate the state's invasion of privacy law, under which he was prosecuted.

In a ruling issued July 15, Judge Elizabeth Branch said it is "regrettable that no law currently exists which criminalizes Gary's reprehensible conduct."

"Unfortunately, there is a gap in Georgia's criminal statutory scheme, in that our law does not reach all of the disturbing conduct that has been made possible by ever-advancing technology."

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[Archae]

1. Yet if the woman or her SO...

Beat the living shit out of the pervert for his actions, THAT is against the law!

Georgia's "justice" system is totally screwed up.

[Igel]

4. Russian proverb: The law's not written for the righteous.

This is the kind of thing that can be handled by a community without criminalization. However, since we're not part of a decent community anymore, that means peers and relatives can't enforce morality and a social code.

In fact, this guy's "community" probably thinks it's a funny or even cool thing. His community may consist of a few guys he knows and 30k on the Internet. He may not give a damn about those around him, because our geographic communities are often fractured.

What's left is criminalizing things.

[Nye Bevan]

2. I think there was a similar case in Massachusetts, where it turned out there was no law against it.

I think the legislature got its act together pretty quickly to pass a new law banning this kind of thing. I would expect that Georgia will do the same thing.

[gratuitous]

3. It happened in Oregon, too

Maybe if state legislatures spent a little more time on fucknozzles like this, and less time passing unconstitutional restrictions on voting, people might think their state lawmakers were worth more than a plugged nickel. Or is that the whole idea?

Oregon had a case where the nice neighbor guy installed a hidden camera in a girl's bedroom. He got off with a slap on the wrist, but the legislature got working on it right away. The next creep will be facing felony charges.

[joshcryer]

7. You hear about cases where the law hasn't caught up all the time.

It's the whole dance between the legislative and judicial branches. Can't be helped.

[pansypoo53219]

5. no peeping tom laws?!? REALLY?!?

[Initech]

6. We're seriously going backwards at an alarming rate.