"You can't say that on Facebook!" -- The Supreme Court Evaluates On-line Threats in Elonis v. United States
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Update 6/1/15: Today the Supreme Court reversed Elonis' conviction in a 7-2 decision. I'll have an analysis of the opinion in next week's post. If a man posts violent threats on his own Facebook wall, could he be convicted of a crime even if he didn’t mean it? That’s the question the Supreme Court took up this week in the “Facebook threats” case,
"You can't say that on Facebook!" -- The Supreme Court Evaluates On-line Threats in Elonis v. United States
"You can't say that on Facebook!" -- The…
"You can't say that on Facebook!" -- The Supreme Court Evaluates On-line Threats in Elonis v. United States
Update 6/1/15: Today the Supreme Court reversed Elonis' conviction in a 7-2 decision. I'll have an analysis of the opinion in next week's post. If a man posts violent threats on his own Facebook wall, could he be convicted of a crime even if he didn’t mean it? That’s the question the Supreme Court took up this week in the “Facebook threats” case,