Si alguien hace una amenaza seria a una víctima o testigo de un crimen, puede ir a la cárcel. Esto es aún más grave si ya ha sido condenado por un delito antes.
Es como si en un juego de equipo, un jugador amenazara a otro para que no hable con el árbitro. Esa amenaza puede hacer que el árbitro castigue al jugador que amenaza.
Imagina que Juan fue condenado por un robo. Después, amenaza a la persona que lo denunció, diciendo que le hará daño. Por esta amenaza, Juan podría enfrentar más años de prisión además de los que ya tiene por el robo.
Si se encuentra culpable, la persona puede enfrentar hasta 4 años de prisión.
Penal Code - PEN PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680.4] ( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92 - 186.36] ( Title 7 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 6. Falsifying Evidence, and Bribing, Influencing, Intimidating or Threatening Witnesses [132 - 141] ( Heading of Chapter 6 amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 962, Sec. 2. ) 139. (a) Except as provided in Sections 71 and 136.1, any person who has been convicted of any felony offense specified in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 29900) of Division 9 of Title 4 of Part 6 who willfully and maliciously communicates to a witness to, or a victim of, the crime for which the person was convicted, a credible threat to use force or violence upon that person or that person’s immediate family, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three, or four years. (b) Any person who is convicted of violating subdivision (a) who subsequently is convicted of making a credible threat, as defined in subdivision (c), which constitutes a threat against the life of, or a threat to cause great bodily injury to, a person described in subdivision (a), shall be sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment as prescribed in Section 1170.13. (c) As used in this section, “a credible threat” is a threat made with the intent and the apparent ability to carry out the threat so as to cause the target of the threat to reasonably fear for his or her safety or the safety of his or her immediate family. (d) The present incarceration of the person making the threat shall not be a bar to prosecution under this section. (e) As used in this section, “malice,” “witness,” and “victim” have the meanings given in Section 136. (Amended (as
Sí, la ley permite procesar a alguien que ya está encarcelado si hace una amenaza a un testigo o víctima.
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