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  2. Stalking - Wikipedia

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    California was the first state to criminalize stalking in the United States in 1990 [89] as a result of numerous high-profile stalking cases in California, including the 1982 attempted murder of actress Theresa Saldana, [90] the 1988 massacre by Richard Farley, [91] the 1989 murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer, [92] and five Orange County ...

  3. Cyberstalking legislation - Wikipedia

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    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 United States federal and state laws. [23] It also lists those states that do not have laws yet and related laws from other countries.

  4. Cyberstalking - Wikipedia

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    Cyberstalking specifically has been addressed in recent U.S. federal law. For example, the Violence Against Women Act, passed in 2000, made cyberstalking a part of the federal interstate stalking statute. [34] The current US Federal Anti-Cyber-Stalking law is found at 47 U.S.C. § 223. [45]

  5. Stalking victims will be able to learn who the perpetrator is ...

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    On top of this, the new measures will define stalking in statutory guidance and establish a legal framework to help services such as police, healthcare and education to join forces to tackle stalking.

  6. Barriers to stalking orders lowered to improve access to ...

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    Monday’s announcement comes at the start of National Stalking Awareness Week, and Ms Farris is set to visit the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which the Home Office funds with £160,000 per year. Show ...

  7. Boyfriend loophole - Wikipedia

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    This law was an amendment to the existing felon-in-possession laws and forbade the possession or commercial sale of a firearm by all convicted domestic violence abusers. [3] This amendment banned those convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from shipping, transporting, owning, or using guns. [ 12 ]

  8. Oregon Legislature passes bill modernizing state stalking laws

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    It has been 28 years since Rep. Kevin Mannix, R-Salem, introduced Oregon stalking laws. On Thursday, he celebrated the overwhelming passage of a new bill modernizing stalking statutes in the House ...

  9. Restraining order - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, every state has some form of domestic violence restraining order law, [28] and many states also have specific restraining order laws for stalking [29] and sexual assault. [30] In the US, each state has its own restraining order laws, but they tend to be divided into five main types.