California · Penal Code

PEN §11412: Any person who, with intent to cause, attempts to cause or causes another to refrain from exercising his or her religion or from engaging in a religious service by means of a threat, directly communic

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a felony by threatening unlawful injury to another person or property with intent to prevent someone from practicing their religion or attending religious services, if the threat appears capable of being carried out.

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Any person who, with intent to cause, attempts to cause or causes another to refrain from exercising his or her religion or from engaging in a religious service by means of a threat, directly communicated to such person, to inflict an unlawful injury upon any person or property, and it reasonably appears to the recipient of the threat that such threat could be carried out is guilty of a felony.

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