Why is cannibalism illegal

In , a German man named Armin Meiwes found someone through a cannibalism fetish website to consent to being killed and eaten. After meeting, Meiwes killed the victim and butchered his body, freezing the meat for future consumption. Meiwes was apprehended and arrested several months later. Although cannibalism was not illegal in Germany, Meiwes was initially convicted of manslaughter. He later received a retrial at the prosecutors' request, and was convicted of murder.

Please help us improve our site! No thank you. LII Wex Cannibalism. In cases of serial killers or sexually motivated cannibals, the charge is always murder, she says. Other would-be cannibals could face charges of outraging public decency or preventing a lawful burial, says Pegg. Shortcuts Law. Eating people is wrong, but is it against the law? If they wanted to push it 'consume' could be forced to include transfusions! It would be a stretch but it wouldn't be the 1st time the law was hijacked to fit a purpose.

I was looking into the NYC laws on folding knives a week ago and found that anything up to 4 inches and not a 'gravity knife' was legal but It's sorta like the TSA saying I could take my little pocket knife on the plane with me except the blade locks open! What about if I cut my finger and suck it?

Expat, there is a law in Britain that was designed to ban switchblades, but the way the law was enacted bans any blade that locks open. Various lawmakers, from both Houses and different parties, agree that the law should be amended, since it didn't enact the law as it was intended, but now, no one dares to put forward an amendment, lest they be branded as soft on violent crime.

I'm sure they won't mind their link being posted. At least it seems that ingesting a different bodily fluid than blood is still legal?