Our screwed up laws

From FoxNews...

David W. Johnson, 59, had an expectation to privacy when he visited his wife, a stroke victim, at Divine Savior Nursing Home in Portage, the District 4 Court of Appeals ruled. Therefore, police violated his Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches when they installed a hidden video camera in the room, the court said....

Johnson's attorney, Christopher Kelly, said his client would visit his now 54-year-old wife every day, reading her the Bible and moving her arms and legs so her muscles wouldn't atrophy.

The woman's sister is upset that prosecutors brought charges against him, Kelly said. "She believes her sister's husband was merely expressing his love for his wife and was trying everything he could to bring her back to consciousness," Kelly said....

Johnson's wife was admitted to the nursing home after suffering a stroke. Court records say she was unable to speak or sit up, and nursing home staff members fed, cleaned and turned her. Prosecutors say she was comatose.

Johnson visited her frequently and sometimes would close the door to her room so they could have privacy as allowed by the nursing home. But staff members tipped off police, fearing she was in danger because, they suspected, he was having sex with her.

Police obtained a search warrant to videotape the room and installed the camera, which ran for three weeks. Johnson, who is free on bail, was charged based on that evidence.

But, had Johnson divorced and abandoned his wife, that would have been legal. Had Johnson tried to murder his wife the way Michael Schiavo murdered his wife, that also would have been legal.

What kind of deluded moron would think that a man showing devotion to his wife is a crime?

Personally, I wouldn't have done it had I been in his situation because of fear for cretins who want to impose their personal morality on the rest of the world (otherwise known as Liberals). But ironically I find that other people I've talked to, given the circumstances (both male and female) would have done what he did.

Posted by Danny Carlton at September 14, 2008 7:40 AM