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Message: [QUOTE="JS, post: 2219180, member: 6"] Not unprecedented at all. You can go to jail for a number of things you did not do, such as: -- jury duty if called -- serving as a witness if subpoenaed -- paying your taxes -- serving in the military when there is a draft -- obeying the law The specific category of failure to perform civic duty in this case was failure to report a crime. Here are two articles noting that, while there is no generalized duty to report criminal activity, reporting is mandatory in certain instances. In particular, educational and other specified professionals may be mandatory reporters of child abuse. [SIZE=4][URL='http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/failure-to-report-a-crime.html']Failure to Report a Crime[/URL] [URL='http://criminal.lawyers.com/criminal-law-basics/reporting-crimes-witnessing-ignoring-falsely-reporting-and-lying.html']Reporting Crimes: Witnessing, Ignoring, Falsely Reporting, and Lying[/URL] A somewhat interesting issue in this case was whether mandatory reporter status in one of the specified fields extends to people in the management ranks who do not themselves deal directly with children. Relying on the case of a church administrator who repeatedly reassigned predatory priests to other parishes rather than report them, the prosecution successfully argued that it does. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]