Seven Crimes That Will Get You a Smaller Fine than File-Sharing (prefixmag.com) 15 points by scapegraced 16y ago ↗ HN
[–] derefr 16y ago ↗ > 5. Stalk someone: The fine is $175,000In case anyone on HN suddenly got worried, stalking under US law requires repeated harassment of the person in question. Intensive Googling isn't a criminal offense.
[–] callmeed 16y ago ↗ Shouldn't you include (jailTimeInYears * annualIncome)? [–] ojbyrne 16y ago ↗ They did mention that in the murder point. But they should probably also mention (criminalRecord * yearsLeftInYourLife * declineInFutureEarnings).
[–] ojbyrne 16y ago ↗ They did mention that in the murder point. But they should probably also mention (criminalRecord * yearsLeftInYourLife * declineInFutureEarnings).
[–] krschultz 16y ago ↗ Not very accurate since many of those include jail time. Murder is also not capped at 15 years. You can easily get life or in some states, death.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 25.5 ms ] threadIn case anyone on HN suddenly got worried, stalking under US law requires repeated harassment of the person in question. Intensive Googling isn't a criminal offense.