Prohibiciones sobre el respeto a tumbas y restos humanos

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que no puedes molestar o dañar tumbas o restos humanos sin permiso. Si lo haces, puedes meterte en problemas graves. Es como si alguien rompiera tus cosas sin preguntar.

Es como cuando cuidas tus juguetes y no dejas que otros los rompan. Las tumbas y los restos humanos son cosas que deben ser respetadas, igual que tus pertenencias.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan va a un cementerio y decide jugar a hacer hoyos en la tierra donde está enterrada su abuela. Sin saber, Juan está cometiendo un delito porque está dañando la tumba y los recuerdos de su familia.

Penalidades

Es un delito grave que puede llevar a penas de prisión y multas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

§ 14-149. Desecrating, plowing over or covering up graves; desecrating human remains. (a) It is a Class I felony, without authorization of law or the consent of the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased, to knowingly and willfully: (1) Open, disturb, destroy, remove, vandalize or desecrate any casket or other repository of any human remains, by any means including plowing under, tearing up, covering over or otherwise obliterating or removing any grave or any portion thereof. (2) Take away, disturb, vandalize, destroy, tamper with, or deface any tombstone, headstone, monument, grave marker, grave ornamentation, or grave artifacts erected or placed within any cemetery to designate the place where human remains are interred or to preserve and perpetuate the memory and the name of any person. This subdivision shall not apply to the ordinary maintenance and care of a cemetery. (3) Repealed by Session Laws 2007-122, s. 2, effective December 1, 2007, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date. (a1) It is a Class H felony, without authorization of law or the consent of the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased, to knowingly and willfully disturb, destroy, remove, vandalize, or desecrate any human remains that have been interred in a cemetery. (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a professional archaeologist as defined in G.S. 70-28(4) acting pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 70 of the General Statutes. (1889, c.