If you have been charged with the crime of cyberstalking in Texas, you might be worried about what type of penalties you might face. The charges and trials surrounding cyberstalking can often be very complex, and the severity of your penalties may vary depending upon whether or not you have an experienced criminal defense attorney. […]
Don’t think online harassment or cyberstalking is a big deal? Think again. Recently, six eBay employees got arrested for cyberstalking an online journalist who wrote a negative article about the company online. According to the Department of Justice, the employees mailed the journalist live bugs, pornography, and even books about how to survive the loss […]
Texas Penal Code Section 43.21 targets obscenity and defines “obscene material” as material that an average person in the application of “contemporary community standards” would take, as a whole, appealing to an excessive interest in sexual matters. The law says it may also concern descriptions and/or representations of sexual acts, simulated sexual acts, sodomy, lewd […]
Cyberbullying is on the rise in Texas and throughout the United States. Although cyberbullying is a relatively recent phenomenon, it’s a big threat to young people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that suicide rates among teens and young adults continue to climb each year. David’s Law (S.B. 179), named for a 16-year-old […]
The Texas Legislation passed a criminal offense concerning online harassment through impersonation under Texas Penal Code Section 33.07. Online harassment through impersonation is a online criminal offense that’s frequently classified as cyberstalking elsewhere in the United States. Many online impersonation cases involve persons in a current or previous intimate relationship. Some matters involve the impersonation […]
