Caught in the Web; new legislation targets cyberstalkers
Medill Reports Chicago
May 13, 2009
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Efforts to deter high-tech cyberstalking in Illinois are likely to get a boost from state lawmakers in the form of legislation strengthening the state’s criminal code.
The legislation refines the definition of stalking to include current and future technologies stalkers might use to track and intimidate victims. According to the Senate sponsor of the bill Toi Hutchinson (D-Olympia Fields), passage of the bill, slated for a vote this week in the Senate, would “make sure the criminal code addresses this crime in the 21st century world we face today … I don’t see any opposition to this at all.”
