Mississippi's New Terroristic Threats Law: Fake Bomb, Social Media Threats. What It Means.

Mississippi Clarion Ledger, The Clarion-Ledger
Tue, 03/26/2019 - 7:43am

Making bomb threats or other threats to groups of people on social media will be a state crime in Mississippi come July 1. Here's why.

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