Amenazas a empleados de instituciones educativas en California

Explicación Simple

Si alguien amenaza a un profesor o empleado de una escuela para que haga o no haga algo, eso es un delito. Si la amenaza parece seria, la persona que la hizo puede enfrentarse a multas o prisión.

Es como cuando un jugador de fútbol intenta intimidar al árbitro para que no sancione una falta. Si el árbitro se siente amenazado, puede tomar medidas contra ese jugador.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan se enoja con su maestro porque le puso una mala nota. Entonces, decide llamarlo y le dice que si no le cambia la calificación, le hará daño. Esto es una amenaza y Juan podría enfrentarse a serias consecuencias legales.

Penalidades

Multa de hasta $10,000 o prisión de hasta un año; penas más severas para reincidentes.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Penal Code - PEN PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680.4] ( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 5. OF CRIMES BY AND AGAINST THE EXECUTIVE POWER OF THE STATE [67 - 77] ( Title 5 enacted 1872. ) 71. (a) Every person who, with intent to cause, attempts to cause, or causes, any officer or employee of any public or private educational institution or any public officer or employee to do, or refrain from doing, any act in the performance of his duties, by means of a threat, directly communicated to such person, to inflict an unlawful injury upon any person or property, and it reasonably appears to the recipient of the threat that such threat could be carried out, is guilty of a public offense punishable as follows: (1) Upon a first conviction, such person is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. (2) If the person has been previously convicted of a violation of this section, such previous conviction shall be charged in the accusatory pleading, and if that previous conviction is found to be true by the jury, upon a jury trial, or by the court, upon a court trial, or is admitted by the defendant, he or she is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170. (b) As used in this section, “directly communicated” includes, but is not limited to, a communication to the recipient of the threat by telephone, telegraph, or letter. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 236. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)