PHILOS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sex Offender, Public Morality, Sentenced
26 Jan 2015
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Lord patrick devlin: member of british house of lords, report commissioned by british government after conviction of several. Issued a public response to wolfenden report (1957) members of british aristocracy for engaging in homosexual activity: wolfenden report sides with mill, threat of harm to others only basis for regulating behavior of others. Victimless crimes e. g. prostitution and homosexual conduct between consenting adults not justifiably restricted by law and/or society. Everett george klippert: resident of nwt; known homosexual, detained for questioning regarding episodes of arson in 1965, during questioning reveals details of four consensual homosexual encounters, convicted under sec 149 of ccc, 149. Every one who commits an act of gross indecency with another person is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for five years. Judge then declares klippert dangerous sexual offender : declared incurably homosexual by court-appointed psychiatrist, sentenced to indefinite preventive detention .
