Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) a proposed amendment to California's criminal code. The amendment would require witnesses to violent crimes to report the incident to police. Failure to report the crime could result in up to six months in jail and a fine of $1,500.
The current California law requires witnesses to report crimes against children under the age of 14. The amendment comes in the wake of a violent rape of a 16 year old girl in October. Authorities say that up to a dozen people watched the incident, but nobody called the police.
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I read this comment in the Feb. 11 issue of the “Des Moines Register.”
http://dmjuice.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100211/OPINION04/2110330/1035/OPINION
Michael D. Willis is a full-time student at my alma mater, Iowa State University, and also works a full-time job, so he’s very busy.
I, myself, wonder why nobody reported that crime.
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