On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Sarah Ewart sarahewart@gmail.com wrote:
I am not a lawyer so perhaps I say this in ignorance, however, I find it hard to believe that the best way of handling this is by arguing that Jeremy Hanson poses a "public or common nuisance" to the people of Virginia and that we should ask local a judge to "summon a special grand jury" to investigate the complaint. It seems to me the victims of his death, rape and violence threats and harassment, who are global, not merely located in Virgina, should simply start reporting each instance to local law enforcement and that the Foundation should support this by providing relevant data and also either pursue a complaint through his ISP or support administrators doing so. I think a visit from the police/FBI is more likely to get through to him and his family than this Special Grand Jury stuff.
I agree. It may very well be a federal offense to use the Internet to make threats of death and violence. It is definetly against state laws. The recipients of the threats should be advised to file complaints with law enforcement. The Foundation should back up the complaints not only with data for the evidence but also with listing of other complaints in other jurisdictions already filed.
Elias Friedman A.S., EMT-P ⚕ אליהו מתתיהו בן צבי elipongo@gmail.com http://elipongo.blogspot.com/