"Reckless, to Be Sure. Stupid." "But Mere Reckless Stupidity Does Not a Malicious Federal Arsonist Make"
By Eugene Volokh••Reason
A court sets aside a federal arson conviction (which would have carried a "mandatory minimum sentence" of "seven years") for a fan's throwing flares at a soccer stadium and causing minor damage and a minor injury.
From today's decision by Judge Roy Dalton (M. D. Fla.
) in U. S. v.
Ramirez Reyes: In this arson case brought under 18 U. S. C.
§ 844(i), Ramirez was charged with maliciously damaging Inter&Co Stadium by …