Cannibalism legal in Idaho under certain conditions

By Jack Brummet, Anthropophagy Ed.

The Donner Party would be off the hook in Idaho

A law (still currently on the books) in Idaho provides for an affirmative defense against cannibalism under certain conditions.

TITLE 18

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 50

MAYHEM

18-5003.  CANNIBALISM DEFINED -- PUNISHMENT. (1) Any person who wilfully ingests the flesh or blood of a human being is guilty of cannibalism.

(2)  It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of the provisions of this section that the action was taken under extreme life-threatening conditions as the only apparent means of survival.

(3)  Cannibalism is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding fourteen (14) years.

History:

[18-5003, added 1990, ch. 210, sec. 2, p. 468.]

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