Penal Code 422 PC is the California statute that prohibits one from making criminal threats. These are threats of death or great bodily injury that are intended to (and that actually do) place victims in reasonable and sustained fear for their safety or that of their families. The offense can be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony , and is punishable by up to 3 years in jail or prison. The full text of the statute reads as follows: 422. (a) Any person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement, made verbally, in writing, or by means of an electronic communication device, is to be taken as a threat , even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out, which, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, uncon...
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