SCOTUS Rules Woman Cannot Be Convicted Under Chemical Weapons Treaty
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
MARK SHERMAN – JUNE 2, 2014, 12:05 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that prosecutors may not rely on an international chemical weapons treaty to convict a woman who attacked her husband's mistress.
The justices threw out the conviction of Carol Anne Bond of Lansdale, Pa., who was prosecuted under a 1999 law based on the chemical weapons treaty. Bond served a six-year prison term after being convicted of using toxicchemicals that caused a thumb burn on a friend who had become her husband's lover.
Chief Justice John Roberts said Pennsylvania laws are sufficient to deal with the threats posed by a woman in a love triangle.
"In sum, the global need to prevent chemical warfare does not require the Federal Government to reach into the kitchen cupboard, or to treat a local assault with a chemical irritant as the deployment of a chemical weapon," Roberts said.
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