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PA Property Offenses-2

HOT questions :

1.) In your opinion, do you think it is fair that a person gets only a third degree misdemeanor if a person recklessly endangers another living being's life with fire?

2.) In your opinion, do you think that it is fair that the arsonist can get the same grading scale for a church as they would for any other institution? Scenario : A man in a mac truck carrying a badly secured cargo of barrels of Napalm( liquid fire, similar to gasoline, but burns a lot hotter, and the flames last a lot longer) is roaring down a highway that runs over top of a neighborhood at 85 mph and takes a turn too fast. The driver takes a turn with too many horizontal Gs, and a barrel flies off and hits a house with three people in it, which burns to the ground, but no one gets hurt. The driver continues to his destination and doesn't realize the missing barrel until he is pulled over by police a few hours later.

Local case : Estranged husband on trial for arson- Douglas R. Hartz 42 is on trial for allegedly starting a fire that caused $60,000 worth of damage to his home owned by himself and his estranged wife. Firefighters who responded to the call were led to the basement of the home. Firefighters then found two smoke detectors on the kitchen table and the third one on the living room floor. A fire Marshall concluded that the fire had been set in a pile of woman's clothing. When Mr. Hartz received a call that his home was on fire he was at a local American Legion. When he got the call he continued to drink for an hour. When questioned by police Hartz continued to say that he thought the phone call was "a joke", he also said that he was "just kidding" when he told his friend to burn his estranged wives clothing. District Attorney MacVeigh told the jury that leading up to the fire there was a history of "domestic violence and perhaps alcohol abuse."