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Eugene Volokh

Posting "I Wish Someone Would In Alive Him" About Federal Judge Isn't Punishable Threat

From Judge Carlos Mendoza (M.D. Fla.) in U.S. v. Joudeh:

Defendant is charged with one count of transmission of an interstate threat to injure or kill another person in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). The facts alleged in the Indictment state that Defendant violated this statute via "an online comment that included the statement, 'I wish someone would in alive him.'" The Indictment provides no further information as to where or why this comment was posted, to whom it was communicated, or who the referenced "him" is in the comment.

The "him" was, however, apparently identified in this search warrant affidavit:

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