Massachusetts S3027 criminalizes harassment causing serious bodily injury or death.
Massachusetts S3027 amends the General Laws to create a new section criminalizing harassment that results in serious bodily injury or death. The bill defines "serious bodily injury" as bodily injury causing permanent disfigurement, protracted loss or impairment of a bodily function, limb or organ, or substantial risk of death. It also defines "harassment" as an act that seriously alarms or annoys a person and causes substantial emotional distress.
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