Elonis was convicted only because he sent something a reasonable person would consider it a threat.
However, the criminal law requires awareness of guilt.
However, the court rejected that explanation.
Roberts also refused to decide whether carelessness would suffice, as Alito and Thomas would have done.
Alito complained:
The Court refuses to explain what throw in of intent was necessary.
Did the jury need to find that Elonis had the purpose of conveying a true threat?
Was it enough if he knew that his words conveyed such a threat?
The Court declines to say.
Attorneys and judges are left to guess.
Or this: Theres one way to love you but a thousand ways to kill you.
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