To me, it has nothing to do with chargeable crime, but in a better world it would get somebody ostracised by their whole community. As to Justin's reaction: If there had been a time-honored tradition of lynching conservative white women, and some fool hung an effigy playing off on that as a cute holloween joke, you'd better believe you would see some reactions. One appropriate reaction might be a local newspaper article to the effect of "local scumbag degrades his neighborhood". Believing Palin isn't qualified for the presidency in no way justifies garbage like this.
            Dean, who will vote for Obama