[Foundation-l] A Crime in Missouri

[Marc Riddell]

on 11/23/07 1:00 PM, Matthew Brown at morven at gmail.com wrote:

> On Nov 23, 2007 9:56 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>> The first question that comes to my mind about this is one of
>> jurisdiction.  Your use of the word "town" suggests that we are not even
>> talking about one of the major cities in Missouri.  Small towns tend to
>> have their rights to legislate defined by state law, and generally what
>> they say cannot have have much effect beyond town limits.  For a town to
>> pursue a case of international cyberstalking could break the town's
>> budget.  Extradition for breach of a town's by-laws is an unlikely
>> eventuality.
> 
> Indeed.  It's likely that such a rule was instituted after an issue
> between two of the place's residents, and is intended to prevent
> future such.  Not anything long-distance.
> 
Actually, Matt it was a problem between two families. However, the case was
made more horrific because it involved the suicide hanging of a young girl
who was interacting with, what turned out to be, a harassing hoax on
MySpace. The perpetrator of the hoax turned out to a neighbor of hers.
However, the local and state law enforcement can't find any laws that were
broken. The perpetrator's response to the girl's family: "Get over it!".

I am at a loss for words.

Marc