n. A theft of food or medicine motivated by extreme poverty.
2004
Venezuela's Supreme Court is considering allowing "famine thefts". Anyone suffering prolonged poverty will be able to steal food, medicine or inexpensive goods, without punishment.
2004
Venezuela is considering decriminalizing the theft of food and medicine in cases where a thief is motivated by extreme hunger or need.
A Supreme Court justice has proposed the "famine theft clause," which would have to pass through the court and the National Assembly to become law.
A Supreme Court justice has proposed the "famine theft clause," which would have to pass through the court and the National Assembly to become law.
2004 (earliest)
Venezuela, where more than two-thirds of 25 million people are poor despite the nation's huge oil wealth, is considering decriminalizing the theft of food and medicine in cases where a thief is motivated by extreme hunger or need. Supreme Court Judge Alejandro Angulo Fontiveros on Wednesday proposed a so-called "famine-theft" clause as part of a broad penal-code reform measure. Those who take food, medicine or inexpensive goods without using violence to ease hunger caused by prolonged, extreme poverty would not be punished.