The Supreme Court of Italy has now rules out public masturbation as a criminal offence.
This shocking decision came down from La Corte di Cassazione - in the case of a 69-year-old man, identifies only as "PL," who was caught mastubating in Catania, a city on Sicily's east coast.
The man was convicted in May 2015 after he performed the act in front of students on the University of Catania campus, according to documents filled with Supreme Court. The man was sentenced to three months in prison and ordered to pay a of €3,200 (around $3,600).
However, the defendant's lawyer appealed the case to the country's highest court, which ruled on the side of the accused in June but only just made its decision public. Judges ruled that public masturbation out of the presence of minors is no longer deemed criminal conduct due to a change in law last year, which decriminalized the act.
In light of this ruling, the court overturned "PL's" sentence. The case has been sent back to local courts in Catania to determine exactly what the administrative fine - between €5,000 ($5,651) and €30,000 ($33,912) - will be.
Public masturbation remains a criminal offense in many other parts of the world, where it can lead to a jail sentence
It is now accepted in Italy as long as its's not done in the presence of minors.
WHAT A LAW!!!
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