Esta ley dice que no puedes dañar o profanar los cuerpos de las personas que han muerto. Hacerlo es un delito grave y puedes ir a prisión o pagar una multa muy alta.
Es como si alguien entrara a tu casa y rompiera tus fotos familiares; eso es muy irrespetuoso y no debería permitirse.
Imagina que Juan, un joven, decide jugar una broma y se cuela en un cementerio por la noche, dañando algunas lápidas. Cuando es atrapado, enfrenta serias consecuencias legales por su comportamiento irresponsable.
Multas de hasta cinco mil dólares y prisión de uno a diez años.
SECTION 16-17-600. Destruction or desecration of human remains or repositories; liability of crematory operators; penalties. (A) It is unlawful for a person wilfully and knowingly, and without proper legal authority to: (1) destroy or damage the remains of a deceased human being; (2) remove a portion of the remains of a deceased human being from a burial ground where human skeletal remains are buried, a grave, crypt, vault, mausoleum, Native American burial ground or burial mound, or other repository; or (3) desecrate human remains. A person violating the provisions of subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both. A crematory operator is neither civilly nor criminally liable for cremating a body which (1) has been incorrectly identified by the funeral director, coroner, medical examiner, or person authorized by law to bring the deceased to the crematory; or (2) the funeral director has obtained invalid authorization to cremate. This immunity does not apply to a crematory operator who knew or should have known that the body was incorrectly identified. (B) It is unlawful for a person wilfully and knowingly, and without proper legal authority to: (1) obliterate, vandalize, or desecrate a burial ground where human skeletal remains are buried, a grave, graveyard, tomb, mausoleum, Native American burial ground or burial mound, or other repository of human remains; (2) deface, vandalize, injure, or remove a gravestone or other memorial monument or marker commemorating a deceased person or group of persons, whether located within or outside of a recognized cemetery, Native American burial ground or burial mound, memorial park, or battlefield; or
Esa persona podría enfrentar cargos graves, ya que dañar tumbas es considerado un delito bajo esta ley.
No, si el cuerpo fue mal identificado o la autorización fue inválida, el crematorio no es responsable, a menos que supieran que había un error.
Las penas incluyen multas de hasta cinco mil dólares y prisión de uno a diez años.
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