Corpse case arises anew

The three men who inspired John Troyer’s study “Abuse of a Corpse: A Brief History and Re-Theorisation of Necrophilia Laws in the USA” (discussed here earlier this year) are again in the news. The Associated Press reports on November 20, 2008:

3 men plead not guilty to digging up grave to have sex with dead woman
LANCASTER, Wis. — Three men accused of trying to dig up a grave in Cassville in order to have sex with a dead woman have entered not guilty pleas in Grant County Circuit Court. The case against twin brothers, Alex and Nicholas Grunke, and Dustin Radke, was reinstated last July by the state Supreme Court. The high court ruled Wisconsin law bans sex with dead bodies. A lower court earlier ruled nothing in state law banned necrophilia…

(Thanks to Professor Troyer for bringing this new news to our attention.)