How long does a person go to jail for terroristic threats?

Answer 1

In Massachusetts a death threat or assault with the intent to kill or murder is felony. The penalty is: "imprisonment in the State prison for not more than ten years or imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by a fine of not more than $1,000 or both"(massgenerallaws). I'm not a lawyer but I think it really depends if it stays in a district court or goes to a superior court. As far as punishment it probably depends on the extent, if you just lose it and say to your girlfriend in a fit of rage and passion "I'm going to F****** kill you" and don't mean it you might get off with probation or maybe even a CWOF (which seals your record) but if you say to a person "I will tear you apart and F****** rip your head off" and you actually mean it then your probably looking at least a couple months in county jail.

Hope this helps

***Disclaimer: Do not take this as legal advice, I'm not a lawyer***

Answer 2

Crminal Threatening is Assault under US Federal law and by USC 18, Chapter 17 is punishable by no less than one year and no greater than twenty years. This is typical for individual states as well. There are other factors to consider, such as: relationship, motive, previous conviction record, level of competance, etc. Each of these and others usually modify a sentence up or down.

Answer 3

5 years, minimum. And once in jail, there's nothing to prevent the warden from running a cheese grater up and down your ball sack on a nightly basis

Answer 4

you can get it for your rest of your life.....or 10-15 years.