{"id":2727,"date":"2021-08-07T17:13:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T21:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2021-08-07T17:13:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T21:13:35","slug":"massachusetts-court-of-appeals-decides-a-classroom-death-threat-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-court-of-appeals-decides-a-classroom-death-threat-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Court of Appeals Decides a Classroom Death Threat Case\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Massachusetts Court of Appeals Decides a Classroom Death Threat Case\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the years following the 1999 Columbine shootings, the United States has seen approximately 284 mass shootings in schools across the country. Due to this tragic fact, threats of violence in schools are taken very seriously.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a recent decision by the Massachusetts Court of Appeal in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leagle.com\/decision\/inmaco20210804248\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Commonwealth v. Leonardo<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, the court answered the question of whether a juvenile\u2019s threat to kill his teacher was protected as free speech.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-court-of-appeals-decides-a-classroom-death-threat-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts Court of Appeals Decides a Classroom Death Threat Case\u00a0\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts Court of Appeals Decides a Classroom Death Threat Case\u00a0 In the years following the 1999 Columbine shootings, the United States has seen approximately 284 mass shootings in schools across the country. 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