Upskirt photos AOK according to state judges

Massachusetts' highest court, the Supreme Judicial Court, ruled on Wednesday that a man who took cellphone photos up the skirts of women riding the Boston subway did not violate state law because the women were not nude or partially nude. "A female passenger on a MBTA trolley who is wearing a skirt, dress, or the like covering these parts of her body is not a person who is 'partially nude,' no matter what is or is not underneath the skirt by way of underwear or other clothing," the court said in its ruling, which overruled a lower court that had upheld charges against Michael Robertson, who was arrested in August 2010 by transit police who set up a sting after getting reports that he was using his cellphone to take photos and video up female riders' skirts and dresses. The ruling immediately prompted top Beacon Hill lawmakers to pledge to update state law, and it's about time because who knows what sort of lewd or otherwise undesirable conduct one could get away with on such technicalities - what if, for instance, something really gross like jacking off in front of children was allowed in [insert jurisdiction here] because of a loophole like the one that Massachusetts lawmakers wish to close? In fact, they should review ALL state laws and tighten them up to prevent any further situations like this one.