California · Penal Code
PEN §219: Every person who unlawfully throws out a switch, removes a rail, or places any obstruction on any railroad with the intention of derailing any passenger, freight or other train, car or engine and thus
What this law says, in plain English
A person who derails, blows up, or wrecks a train by tampering with tracks, placing explosives, or setting fires with intent to cause such damage commits a felony punishable by death or life imprisonment.
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