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February 13th, 2004 at 4:43 pm

“No damage award for shot burglar”

Connecticut: “A Superior Court jury has rejected a burglar’s bid for damages for being shot when he broke into a house five years ago. Clarence Wiggins of Waterbury had sued Louis Steponaitis Jr. of Torrington for shooting him in the right arm with a shotgun on Dec. 16, 1998.” (AP/WFSB (Hartford), Feb. 12).

In Connecticut; crime and punishment; personal responsibility; trespassers

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