Concerned that old laws designed to protect stalking victims don't adequately cover cyberstalking, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Anaheim) has introduced the Stalkers Act that increases the power of federal prosecutors to build related criminal cases in the digital age.
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An interesting angle of the proposed law is that Sanchez wants to protect stalking victims who don't know they've been a victim. Under current law, a victim has to prove they have a reasonable fear of being physically attacked before the stalking statute can be enforced.
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