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Supreme Court raises bar for prosecuting threats under First Amendment

The Supreme Court sided with a Colorado man who was convicted of a crime after sending numerous threatening messages to a woman on Facebook, with the justices raising the bar for establishing when a statement is a "true threat" not protected by the First Amendment.
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