It is a crime to be drunk in public. Homeless people are always in public because they have nowhere else to go. Would it be constitutionally permissible to punish alcoholics who are homeless?
A) Yes, they violated a statute for which the standard is strict liability.
B) Yes, providing they were exhibiting the type of disruptive behavior the statute was aimed at preventing.
C) No, being alcoholic and homeless are both statuses, which cannot be criminalized.
D) No, as a society we aim to not kick people when they are down.
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