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Elonis v. U.S., No. 13-983 (U.S. Supreme Court) (575 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 2001) (June 1, 2015) (Judge John G. Roberts)

Loaded on June 29, 2015 published in Punch and Jurists June 15, 2015
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Cyberstalking.

In this case, the Supreme Court made it harder to prosecute people for threats made on Facebook and other social media under a Federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), which makes it a federal crime to transmit in interstate commerce “any communication containing any threat . . . to injure ...

 

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  2. Elonis v. U.S., No. 13-983 (U.S. Supreme Court) (575 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 2001) (June 1, 2015) (Judge John G. Roberts)
  3. Doe v. U.S., No. 14-MC-1412 (JG) (E.D.N.Y.) (110 F.Supp.3d 448) (May 21, 2015) (Judge John Gleeson)
  4. U.S. v. Batamula, No. 12-20630 (5th Cir.) (788 F.3d 166) (June 2, 2015) (Per Curiam)
  5. Bahlul v. U.S., No. 11-1324 (D.C. Cir.) (792 F.3d 1) (June 12, 2015) (Judge Judith W. Rogers)
  6. U.S. v. Daniels, No. 12-2419 (6th Cir.) ( Fed.Appx. ) (June 8, 2015) (Judge Gilbert S. Merritt)

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