Results: Prison time for making sarcastic comments on Facebook
Published on 06/30/2013
Teen Justin Carter was sent to jail after making sarcastic joke/threat In Facebook Comment.
Huffington post says: "Earlier this year, Carter and a friend got into a Facebook argument with someone regarding "League of Legends," an online video game with notoriously die-hard fans. Justin's father, Jack, explained to ABC local affiliate KVUE that at the end of the conversation "[s]omeone had said something to the effect of 'Oh you're insane, you're crazy, you're messed up in the head,’ to which [Justin] replied 'Oh yeah, I'm real messed up in the head, I'm going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts,’ and the next two lines were lol and jk [all sic].""
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Do you believe this boy deserves to be in jail? Yes
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Do you think this action is taking things too far? Yes
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Should someone go to jail for a comment like that? Yes
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Is it terrorism when you make a remark using sarcasm? Yes
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Should this boy be released immediately? Yes
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Have you ever made a comment that could get you thrown in jail if said in our environment today? Yes
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