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Italian Supreme Court Finds Masturbation in Public Not A Crime

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Italy’s highest court, La Corte di Cassazione, was asked to rule on the case of a 69-year-old man who had been caught masturbating in the southern city of Catania.

Identified only as Pietro L, the man had been convicted after he was seen “taking out his penis” and “practising autoeroticism” in front of students at the University of Catania campus.

A local prefect and an appeals court had agreed the man should pay a fine of €3,420 (somewhere between three and one million dollars in real money), and be sentenced to three months in prison to think over what he’d done to get himself into such a sticky legal predicament. Ah, but not so fast, said the Italian Supremes in their rendition of “Stop! In the Name of Self-Love”:

upreme court judges said that a recent government reform meant “the act is not included in the law as a crime”.

In doing so, the court has eliminated the criminal aspects of sentencing for obscene acts in public places.

The case of Pietro L will now go back to the Prefect of Catania to be sentenced again. La Corte di Cassazione ruled the man must be given a fine between €5,000 and €30,000, with the exact figure to be determined by the local court.

Aha — so the Court of Calzones isn’t saying it’s perfectly OK, just that offenders can only be fined — a hell of a lot — but not jailed. Sounds like they’re determined to give ol’ Pietro a fair shake. Also, the court stood on precedent, after which they no doubt rinsed their shoes:

In taking their decision, the supreme court judges noted the fact that the Italian parliament passed a law last year decriminalising the offence of lurking in places frequented by girls in order to be seen masturbating.

Huh. Which of course raises the natural question of what former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been doing with himself since he was forced out of office in 2011. Clearly, helping with justice reform.
 

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Hmmmmmm, that's a strange one. Whatever happened to basic common sense?
 

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They will just have to make it too expensive to have a wank in public, a friend of mine who has no shame found certain clubs where this was ok, but you have to watch your step as the floor is slippery!
 

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My opinion - wanking is a wonderful preoccupation with yourself ---- but in your own rooms and not and never in the public!
 

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Let us celebrate with a circle jerk just outside the Vatican gates...
 

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Wow, that's an odd one. I'm up for the circle jerk guys :)
 

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Isn't a circle jerk just like a daisy chain with unconnected links?
 

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One thing I wondered about this ruling was that if it might cause people to masturbate in public less now because it isn't as illegal anymore. I thought one of the main reasons why people did that was for the danger fetish of being caught. I feel like if a person is masturbating in public now, a person might just scoff at them and carry on! lol
 
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