I aint taking sides but this is pertinent to whats been goin on here.
some people are nuts.
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http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress...maier32800.htm
Federal law provides an important tool to combat cyberstalking. Under Title 18 U.S.C. 875Ic), it is a federal crime, punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, to transmit any communication in interstate or foreign commerce containing a threat to injure the person of another. This law includes threats transmitted over the telephone, e-mail, beepers, or the Internet.
In his book, Dr. Meloy refers to an FBI case involving a University of Michigan student (Jake Baker) who was arrested for publishing a fantasy of rape, torture and murder that was posted in a Usenet newgroup and read around the world. He used the name of a female classmate in his electronic correspondence with another man. In e-mail communications, the offender wrote that he planned where and how to carry out his attack by kidnaping the victim at gunpoint, raping, torturing, and then killing her. He was charged with Interstate Transmission of a Threat to Injure, a felony under Federal Law.
some people are nuts.
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http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress...maier32800.htm
Federal law provides an important tool to combat cyberstalking. Under Title 18 U.S.C. 875Ic), it is a federal crime, punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, to transmit any communication in interstate or foreign commerce containing a threat to injure the person of another. This law includes threats transmitted over the telephone, e-mail, beepers, or the Internet.
In his book, Dr. Meloy refers to an FBI case involving a University of Michigan student (Jake Baker) who was arrested for publishing a fantasy of rape, torture and murder that was posted in a Usenet newgroup and read around the world. He used the name of a female classmate in his electronic correspondence with another man. In e-mail communications, the offender wrote that he planned where and how to carry out his attack by kidnaping the victim at gunpoint, raping, torturing, and then killing her. He was charged with Interstate Transmission of a Threat to Injure, a felony under Federal Law.
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