Dead is DEAD, and No means NO!

On September 10, 2006 I posted an entry about a trio of grave-robbers in Cassville, Wisconsin who's intent was sex with a dead girl that one of them had lusted for after seeing her obituary photo. Apparently, an appeals court had dismissed charges against the trio, saying Wisconsin law does not ban sex with a corpse. Those decisions prompted some outrage and a push by a state lawmaker to change the law to ban necrophilia:

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated sexual assault charges against three young men accused of digging up a corpse so one of them could have sex with it.

In a 5-2 decision, the court said Wisconsin law makes sex acts with dead people illegal.

The ruling reinstates third-degree attempted sexual assault charges against twin brothers Nicholas and Alexander Grunke and Dustin Radke, all 22. The charges carry a punishment of up to 10 years in prison.

Justice Patience Roggensack, writing a majority opinion with three other justices, said state law bans sexual intercourse with anyone who does not give consent "whether a victim is dead or alive at the time."

"A reasonably well-informed person would understand the statute to prohibit sexual intercourse with a dead person," she wrote.

Jefren Olsen, a public defender who represented Radke, called the decision dead wrong on the law, which he said was never intended to punish necrophilia.

An unfortunate choice of words from Mr.Olsen, I might add. . .