Uso y posesión de dispositivos destructivos en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Esta ley prohíbe usar o tener dispositivos que pueden causar explosiones, como bombas. Si alguien hace daño a otros con estos dispositivos, puede ir a prisión por muchos años.

Es como si alguien decidiera jugar con fuegos artificiales en casa, sabiendo que pueden causar un gran incendio. Si eso pasa, no solo se arriesga a quemarse, sino que también puede enfrentar graves problemas legales.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, en una fiesta, decide usar un juego de fuegos artificiales sin precaución. Si uno de ellos explota y hiere a su amigo Pedro, Juan podría ser acusado y enfrentar una larga pena de cárcel por haber causado ese daño.

Penalidades

Las penas varían desde 2 hasta 30 años de prisión, dependiendo de las circunstancias del delito.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 16-23-720. Use, counseling or soliciting others to use, possessing, or threatening to use destructive device; harboring terrorist. (A) It is unlawful for a person intentionally to use a destructive device or cause an explosion, or intentionally to aid, counsel, solicit another, or procure the use of a destructive device. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction: (1) in cases resulting in the death of another person where there was malice aforethought, must be punished by death, by imprisonment for life, or by a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for thirty years; (2) in cases resulting in the death of another person where there was not malice aforethought, must be imprisoned not less than ten years nor more than thirty years; and (3) in cases resulting in injury to a person, must be imprisoned for not less than ten years nor more than twenty-five years. (B) A person who intentionally causes an explosion by means of a destructive device or aids, counsels, solicits another, or procures an explosion by means of a destructive device, which results in damage to a building or other real or personal property, or a person who attempts to injure another or damage or destroy a building or other real or personal property by means of a destructive device, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not less than ten years nor more than twenty-five years. (C) A person who knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, distributes, or possesses with the intent to distribute a destructive device or any explosive, incendiary device, or over-pressure device or toxic substance or material which has been configured to cause damage, injury, or death, or a person who possesses parts, components, or materials which wh