A criminal threat is when you threaten to kill or physically harm someone and that person feels like their safety or their immediate family’s safety is in jeopardy, the threat that was stated was specific and unequivocal and that the threat was communicated verbally, in writing or through an electronic device. You can be charged with a criminal threat regardless of whether or not you carried it out or even intended to. It is not necessarily the case that you have to threaten to commit a specific crime against a person, if you simply threaten them in a way that makes them fear for their safety or for the safety of their immediate family you could be charged. Before you can be convicted, the prosecutor must prove that you made the victim fear for their safety, this fear must be reasonable and sustained. Conditional or empty threats may qualify as criminal threats.
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