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Backyard or Prison Yard: Canton Officials Want to Send Lawn Scofflaws to Jail

By jonathanturley

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This blog has been following (and criticizing) the increasing criminalization of America as politicians make every infraction a crime. The Canton City Council is now joining this trend with a reckless abandon: threatening to jail citizens who do not cut their grass. In Canton, a second violation of the crime of long grass [...]

Full post as published by Res ipsa loquitur on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).

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