新奇事件簿 因饑餓盜竊不違法

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An Italian court has ruled that food theft brought about by hunger is not illegal. Italy's highest court of appeal, the Supreme Court of Cassation, threw out the conviction of a homeless Ukrainian man, Roman Ostriakov, who was sentenced to six months in jail for stealing cheese and a sausage worth $4.50. Mr Ostriakov was also fined $115 by the trial court. His lawyers initially appealed for a reduction in that fine and were surprised when the whole conviction was quashed. The court said Mr Ostriakov taking the food, "does not constitute a crime" because he stole a small amount of food out of desperation. The court of appeal ruled that stealing small amounts of food to stave off hunger is not a crime.

意大利法院作出裁定，因饑餓盜竊不違法。烏克蘭男子羅曼·奧斯特利亞科夫曾偷取價值4.5美元的起司和香腸，并被判處六個月監(jiān)禁，意大利最高上司法院撤銷該判決。他還被審判法院罰款115美元。起初，代理律師曾上訴減輕罰款金額，但判決撤銷卻讓他大感意外。據(jù)最高法院表示，在絕境中偷取少量食物不構成犯罪。據(jù)上訴法院裁定，為躲避饑餓而偷取少量食物并不違法。

Many people hope Mr Ostriakov’s case will highlight the extent of poverty and homelessness in Italy. They also believe the ruling may mean other hungry people who are arrested for shoplifting will not be convicted. Criminal lawyer Maurizio Bellacosa said the Ostriakov case, "is a new principle, and it might lead to a more frequent application of the state of necessity linked to poverty situations". The court ruled in a statement that: "People should not be punished if, forced by need, they steal small quantities of food in order to meet the basic requirement of feeding themselves." Italy's La Stampa newspaper said: "The court's decision reminds us all that in a civilised country, no one should be allowed to die of hunger."

在意大利，無家可歸和貧窮問題嚴峻，這起案件可以提高我們對此問題的重視程度。通過該裁定，其它因饑餓而入店行竊者也能幸免于罪。刑事訴訟律師毛里齊奧·巴拉庫索認為，這起案件為類似案件樹立新依據(jù)，一旦再遇到因貧窮而引發(fā)的危機狀態(tài)，我們也可以做到“有法可依”。法院在聲明中規(guī)定：“為解決溫飽等基本需求，偷取少量食物不構成犯罪。”意大利《新聞報》表示：“該項裁定告誡我們，餓死不應發(fā)生在文明社會。”