Amenazas de violencia y sus consecuencias legales en Minnesota

Explicación Simple

Si alguien amenaza con hacer daño a otra persona o causar problemas en un lugar público, puede ir a la cárcel o pagar una multa. Esto incluye decir que hay explosivos, incluso si no los hay.

Es como cuando alguien grita 'fuego' en un cine sin que haya un incendio; eso puede causar pánico y problemas serios.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, en un mal día, dice en la escuela que tiene una bomba en su mochila. Aunque no es cierto, eso asusta a sus compañeros y provoca que todos tengan que evacuar el edificio. Juan podría enfrentarse a una multa o tiempo en prisión por su amenaza.

Penalidades

Hasta cinco años de prisión o multas de hasta $10,000, dependiendo de la amenaza.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Whoever threatens, directly or indirectly, to commit any crime of violence with purpose to terrorize another or to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, vehicle or facility of public transportation or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience, or in a reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. As used in this subdivision, "crime of violence" has the meaning given "violent crime" in section609.1095, subdivision 1, paragraph (d). Whoever communicates to another with purpose to terrorize another or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror, that explosives or an explosive device or any incendiary device is present at a named place or location, whether or not the same is in fact present, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both. (a) Whoever displays, exhibits, brandishes, or otherwise employs a replica firearm or a BB gun in a threatening manner, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year and one day or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both, if, in doing so, the person either: (1) causes or attempts to cause terror in another person; or (2) acts in reckless disregard of the risk of causing terror in another person. (b) For purposes of this subdivision: (1) "BB gun" means a device that fires or ejects a shot measuring .18 of an inch or less in diameter; and (2) "replica firearm" means a device or object that is not defined as a dangerous weapon, and that is a facsimile or toy version of, and reasonably appears to be a pistol, revolver, shotgun, sawed-off shotgun, rifle, machine