意大利最高法院裁決 在公共場所進行自慰不構成犯罪

Italy's highest court has ruled that masturbation in public is not a crime, as long as it is not conducted in the presence of minors.

意大利最高法院近日裁定，只要不是在未成年人面前，在公共場所進行性自慰不構成犯罪。

The decision came down from the Italian Supreme Court -- La Corte di Cassazione -- in the case of a 69-year-old man, identified only as "PL," who was caught masturbating in Catania, a city on Sicily's east coast.

這個決定來自於意大利最高法院——科爾特迪最高法院——對意大利西西里島東海岸卡塔尼亞市一名69歲的男性（被稱爲“PL”）因自慰被逮捕一案件的裁決。

The man was convicted in May 2015 after he performed the act in front of students on the University of Catania campus, according to documents filed with Supreme Court.

意大利最高法院的文件顯示，去年5月，該男子因在卡塔尼亞大學的校園內於學生面前進行自慰而被判有罪。

The man was sentenced to three months in prison and ordered to pay a fine of euro 3,200. However, the defendant's lawyer appealed the case to the country's highest court.

最終他被判處3個月的監禁以及3200歐元的罰金。不過，他的律師隨後就向最高法院提起上訴。

Judges ruled that public masturbation out of the presence of minors is no longer deemed criminal conduct due to a change in the law last year, which decriminalized the act.

政府去年出臺的法律規定發生了一些變化，公共場所只要不是在未成年面前自慰，已不再被視爲犯罪行爲。

The new iteration of the criminal code does call for imprisonment -- of up to four-and-a-half years -- if the act is witnessed by a minor. In light of this ruling, the court overturned "PL's" sentence.

不過，如果在未成年的面前進行此行爲，最高可以處以4年零6個月的監禁。基於此點，最高法院推翻了原本對“PL”的裁決。

The case has been sent back to local courts in Catania to determine exactly what the administrative fine -- between euro 5,000 and euro 30,000 -- will be.

該案件隨後被打回到卡塔尼亞當地法院重審，以決定是否對被告處於5000到30000歐元的行政罰款。