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Calling a Woman a ‘Whore’ Isn't Disorderly Conduct: PA Court

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A panel of Pennsylvania court judges reversed the disorderly conduct conviction of a man who made “reprehensible” comments to his neighbor when she was standing 10 feet away from him. So reports the Daily News.

The man, Gary Alan Mauz, had been sentenced to a $50 fine and court costs for calling Victoria Battistini a whore, among other things. The court held that Mauz’s conduct didn’t amount to disorderly conduct because it “did not cause public unrest or create a risk thereof.”

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