Because it is food poisoning. Yes, them stealing food is illegal but so is poisoning food knowing someone will eat it. This is not one of those situations where one person is wrong so the other must be right. This is one of those situations where both people are assholes.
That may be so, but booby-trapping is explicitly illegal in many countries because it basically means an intention to harm somebody else without caring about who the person might be.
You think out of 12 jurors you wouldn’t have at least one nullify? They don’t even have to know what nullification is.
I guess depends on how they define “poison” in the legal sense. I know that most soaps aren’t toxic unless you have it regularly for a while. But I would argue the same for most fast food.
True. Poison may not be the right word. Food tampering my be more accurate.
You would have to prosecute both to make the charge stick. The only way to discover food tampering would be the stealing of the food.
Also there are perfectly legal modifications that are dickish but don’t constitute tapering. If the ingredients are normally edible without adverse effects, it isn’t tampering. You are allowed to dump a bottle of hot sauce into your coffee creamer. You can absolutely add salt instead of sugar to your homemade pie. You can bring a bottle of Gatorade that has been emptied and refilled with lemon juice.
You can’t add laxatives or NYQUIL or other items to booby trap your food. Basically you’re not allowed to effect someone’s health with drugs or things that aren’t food
