First They Came For the Smelly People
According to the AP, the town of Bend, Oregon, has banned stinking to high heaven while riding mass transit. More specifically, a new law bars anyone who "emanates a grossly repulsive odor that is unavoidable by other Bend Extended Area Transit customers"
First, hard cases make bad law. Now, bad smells make hard-to-enforce laws. What sort of jurors will smart trial lawyers go for in these cases?
[Link courtesy of bOing!bOing!]
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