Nev. bill would create repeater felony for graffiti crimes
By Associated Press
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill creating a felony charge for repeated graffiti offenses.
Republican Assemblyman Lynn Stewart is sponsoring AB 244 which was heard Tuesday morning in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
The bill would require a person convicted of three graffiti offenses would be guilty of a category C felony which includes a one to five year prison sentence.
Graffiti offenses can range from a misdemeanor to felony based on the amount of damage and where the crime takes place.
Las Vegas police lobbyist A.J. Delap said the bill would mainly target repeat adult offenders who continuously violate the law.
Clark County Public Defender’s Office lobbyist Steve Yeager said the current law sufficiently covers graffiti offenses and worried the bill would harshly affect juveniles.
Seriously?? For a serial scribbler, you want to ban him from ever voting or owning a firearm again, for the rest of his life? Yeah, that’ll teach ’em. Teach ’em to lose all respect for authoritarian overreach, maybe. Not much else.
Dog, you nailed it! Seems some folks are determined to create a prison nation.
Why stop there? How about the death penalty for five parking tickets?
There is free will AND consequences for making a stupid choice…..MORE THAN ONCE. I see no problem putting taggers in prison. They know the consequences, but choose to tag anyway. Buh-bye punk.
Have them incarcerated but also get them out scrubbing off their offensive graffiti with their finger nails. Let the people who had their private property damaged supervise the punishment. Maybe then they will get the point..
GA you are right! Free will means living with the consequences of your stoopidity…
A felony sounds a bit to much. I we should hit them where it hurts. Just like kids who get caught with alcohol limit their right to drive. Have them walk until they clean up their mess.