Well, my fellow Michiganders, if you have a certain rather rare (at least I really, really hope this is rare) kink, you've now got a shrinking window to act on it without running afoul of the law.
Verily, If you're a necromancer or necromaniac, or both, this new law is gonna cut down on your opportunities. For everyone else, well, not at all.
The Detroit Free Press: Bills criminalizing necrophilia in Michigan head to Gov. Whitmer's desk
Yes, it is, to my and many other people's surprise, apparently totally legal to have an intimate relationship with a corpse in Michigan.
At least, it currently is until this bill becomes law.
The bills, collectively known as Melody's Law, came after a west Michigan man was convicted of the December 2021 killing of 64-year-old Melody Rohrer.
Prosecutors said Rohrer was out for a walk in Van Buren County, about 15 miles southeast of Kalamazoo, when Colby Martin, 31, ran her down with his pickup truck and loaded her body into his vehicle. He later committed sexual acts with the body before dumping it in a wooded area in St. Joseph County.
A jury later convicted Martin of murder, failing to stop at the scene of a fatal crash and concealing a death. Prosecutors could not charge him with the alleged sexual crimes because Michigan, unlike many other states, had no law on the books specifically criminalizing necrophilia.
Yeah, this is certainly a weird case.
While I'm generally not one for saying "There oughta be a law", I can understand wanting to add some extra penalties for what this murderer did and preventing such acts in the future.
Apparently, both sides of the aisle thought so too, as the bills passed unanimously in both the Michigan House and Senate.
2 comments:
Man! that's some sick stuff there. Padded cell, in a straight jacket for the rest of his life if I had my way.
juvat
Color me baffled.
So they want them to be able to vote but would deny them physical affection?
Is it OK if I do not understand how progressives "think"?
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