put salt on train tracks in alabama? (Death Sentence)
2007-03-04 10:37:15 · 6 answers · asked by lobster 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Doesn't salt accelerate rust?
Regardless of its criminality there is no way it is a capital offense.
2007-03-04 10:41:03 · answer #1 · answered by C B 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It would have been nice to have a reference to this "law"...
Most likely, it would date back decades ago, were the steel was of a lower grade and the salt would corrode the tracks, with the possible result of multiple deaths in a train accident.
2007-03-04 19:21:06 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think its illegal to put anything on train tracks. You're potentially threatening lives.
2007-03-04 18:40:08 · answer #3 · answered by panthrchic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
undoubtedly goes back to the days of train robberies. There are many old laws on the books that no one has ever bothered to change.
2007-03-04 18:41:59 · answer #4 · answered by MissWong 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it causes the rails to rust and deteriorate? Thus causing the death of alot of people, thus being attempted murder/pre-meditated..therefore you will be executed!
2007-03-04 18:42:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
WTF! Remind me never to come to Alabama and eat a pretzel around any train tracks.
2007-03-04 19:11:58 · answer #6 · answered by glamour04111 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋