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  2. Cyberstalking legislation - Wikipedia

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    There are laws that only address online harassment of children or focus on child predators as well as laws that protect adult cyberstalking victims, or victims of any age. While some sites specialize in laws that protect victims age 18 and under, Working to Halt Online Abuse is a help resource listing current and pending cyberstalking-related ...

  3. Cyberstalking - Wikipedia

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    A few states have both stalking and harassment statutes that criminalize threatening and unwanted electronic communications. [46] The first anti-stalking law was enacted in California in 1990, and while all fifty states soon passed anti-stalking laws, by 2009 only 14 of them had laws specifically addressing "high-tech stalking."

  4. Stalking - Wikipedia

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    The laws vary slightly from state to state, with Queensland's laws having the broadest scope, and South Australian laws the most restrictive. Punishments vary from a maximum of 10 years imprisonment in some states, to a fine for the lowest severity of stalking in others. Australian anti-stalking laws have some notable features.

  5. Claire Waxman OBE. Ms Cooper said: “Stalking is a horrendous crime. For far too long, victims of stalking have been subject to debilitating and vicious abuse at the hands of stalkers who use any ...

  6. Four new Florida laws take effect in January. Here’s what ...

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    A new year also means new laws in Florida. The Florida Legislature passed the laws earlier this year and they take effect Jan. 1, 2024: SB 784 gives local law enforcement agencies the ability to ...

  7. Florida stalking case dismissed against ex-UM star Roscoe ...

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    Two years after former University of Miami football standout Roscoe Parrish was accused of stalking and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend, prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against him.

  8. Jessica's Law - Wikipedia

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    Jessica's Law is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law, as well as laws in several other states, designed to protect potential victims and reduce a sexual offender's ability to re-offend which includes a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison and lifetime electronic monitoring when the victim is less than 12 years old.

  9. More protection for victims as Government vows crackdown on ...

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    Around one in seven people aged 16 and over in England and Wales have been a victim of stalking at least once, figures suggest. New “right to know” statutory guidance is aimed at ensuring ...