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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
I can't find a link now, but I recall a news story about a store owner who got tired of having his store broken into. He put a couple of bare wires inside the building, in front of the window and plugged them into a 110 volt outlet when he left for the night. Someone broke in and was electrocuted. The store owner was charged with manslaughter. I don't t remember where this happened.
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Pat, might be the one I recall. I heard it explained somewhere that the law was written to protect some innocent person from getting hurt by mistake.