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Walk This Way

Charles Oliver | 10.3.2005 12:00 AM

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Jaywalking may not be smart, but should it be a felony? Orange County, Florida, prosecutors have asked police to arrest parents who jaywalk with their children. They are threatening to prosecute extreme cases as felony child abuse.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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