This is BIG!

Read this and you will know what I mean:

"Just days after multiple news outlets reported the story of a Texas teen jailed for making a sarcastic threat online, a Mississippi mother facing a nearly identical situation gave an exclusive interview to The Daily Caller News Foundation about her son’s lengthy incarceration.

Josh Pillault was arrested last October for threatening to kill people and destroy buildings. At the time of his arrest, he was 19-years-old, and an avid video game player.

The threats were made while he was playing “Runescape,” an online multiplayer fantasy game. Another player began antagonizing him, and eventually told him to kill himself.


Irritated, Pillault said he would kill not just himself, but also take out the local high school. He also mentioned Columbine — the name of an infamous school shooting — according to reports.

It was the response that the other player had been hoping for, according to Pillault’s mother.

“His gleeful last words to Josh were ‘Knock, knock!’ which is a reference to the feds he sent our way,” wrote Stacey Pillault in an email to TheDC News Foundation.

Federal authorities raided the Pillault home a few days later, arresting Josh. He has been in jail ever since.

His lawyer argued that the threat was “idle or careless talk, exaggeration or something said in a joking manner.”


Josh possessed none of the materials he would need to carry out such an attack, nor was there any good reason to believe he was serious, said his mother.

“His doctors have said he wouldn’t hurt himself or anyone else,” she wrote. “We actually have teachers who were willing to testify that they knew it wasn’t a true threat as soon as they found out it was Josh. Even his fellow inmates and guards have commented on how they can’t believe he is still in there.”

Josh turned 20 in December — behind bars. As of next week, his incarceration will have lasted 9 months.

“Instead of being home with his family, he spent his birthday and the holidays behind bars,” wrote his mother. “We all worry about him constantly. I barely sleep anymore because I am worried about him.”

Josh was adamant about maintaining his innocence, but the family eventually decided that the odds of a conviction were simply too high. On June 20, Josh plead guilty, hoping for a lighter sentence. He is now awaiting transfer to a federal prison, where medical experts will evaluate his mental condition. Sentencing should take place a few months from now. Josh could get 10 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.

The Pillault case mirrors the case of 19-year-old Justin Carter, who has been in jail since February due to threats he made over the Internet after playing an online game. When another player called Carter insane, he made a sarcastic comment that he was crazy enough to attack a school. Immediately afterward, he wrote that he was just kidding.

Still, a Canadian woman saw the threat online, and reported it to Texas authorities, who arrested Carter for make threats of a terrorist nature. He has been in jail ever since, and faces an eight-year sentence. Like Josh, Justin celebrated his birthday in jail.

The arrests raise questions about balancing safety and sensibility. Authorities in the Carter case mentioned the recent shooting in Newtown, Conn. — where two dozen people were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary — as one reason to be extra vigilant when threats are made."

Now, I read somewhere that he's guilty and got the 10 years. But someone on youtube Comments(2 days ago i think) said that Josh is realeased for 500 000$. I dont know if its true but yeah. What do you think of this? We all know that alot of people in Runescape can say stupid things when they are mad are whatever.

Article: http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/02/second-teen-spends-months-in-jail-for-video-game-threat/

 

Heard this a few weeks back, really awful.
Can't believe that this actually is a federal case and he could face that high of a sentence.

 

^^ Same herd this few weeks ago...

 

I was told someone paid the bail for him. Where did you get this article from and the date of it's posting?

 

I've even heard this months or even longer back.

 

This is bordering the realms of stupidity, how can they have arrested him if there wasn't any real evidence only what he typed? Does that mean that account hackers could get someone thrown in jail for years if they typed things like this?

 

His lawyer will bring up all these points, although it's likely that the kid incriminated himself.

 

http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/02/second-teen-spends-months-in-jail-for-video-game-threat/

 

This is so stupid, when I hear about american 'Justice' I almost puke my balls out of my mouth.

 

Thanks, the article is outdated as I assumed.

After all the happenings in America we are extra cautious. Wish we were more dismissive when it came to cases like these which are obviously jokes in context.

 

i chose this article because it explains very well the situation. Im sure theres recent ones but yea.

 

Keep in mind the way the news presents these cases as sensationalist as possible. The kid will probably only have to do community service or something, there's no way he will receive anywhere near the maximum sentence

 

oh my god

 

support

 

Ye I heard the bail was paid by an anonymous person

 

yea me too. 500 000$

 

Who has that much to pay bail for someone they don't know.

 

anonymous=/= unknown person.

 

Interesting read, thanks for posting. Very ridiculous to be in jail over RS, how can you get users IP's over RS?