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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]
Cyberstalking a child under the age of 16 or a person of any age for which the offender has been ordered by the courts not to contact is considered "aggravated stalking," a third degree felony under Florida law. Cyberstalking in conjunction with a credible threat is also considered aggravated stalking. [31]
However, stalking cases are increasing rather than decreasing, with more than 20,000 people reporting cases to the police in 2013, and civil society organisations estimate that these are only the tip of the iceberg; Japan has seen the highest growth in stalking cases in the world in recent years, and stalking has continued to turn into homicide.
He faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of the cyberstalking counts. Talbert’s office noted the actual sentence will be determined at the ...
Christopher Charles Gafford, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of cyberstalking. Man who tormented ex-girlfriend for 5 years gets 10-years in federal ...
John Thornton, 42, pleaded guilty in 2021 to a nine-count superseding indictment charging him with cyberstalking and making threats in interstate commerce. Las Cruces man gets five years in ...
The US federal cyberstalking law is designed to prosecute people for using electronic means to repeatedly harass or threaten someone online. There are resources dedicated to helping adult victims deal with cyberbullies legally and effectively. One of the steps recommended is to record everything and contact police.
Yung received a full scholarship to the University of Texas School of Law and was interning at the Office of the Texas Attorney General as he was cyberstalking his victim, prosecutors said ...