密歇根州男子被控威胁杀害法官并扬言制弹：案件移送巡回法院受审
美国密歇根州总检察长达娜·内塞尔（Dana Nessel）11月6日宣布，居住在密歇根州利文斯顿县豪厄尔（Howell）的31岁男子凯尔·法瓦兹（Kyle Fawaz）已于11月3日（周二）被移送该县第44巡回法院受审，他被指控曾威胁要杀害一名在任巡回法院法官。
法瓦兹于今年10月被起诉，罪名包括一项「制造恐怖主义威胁」重罪（最高20年监禁）、一项「利用计算机犯罪」重罪（最高20年监禁），以及一项「恶意使用电信服务」轻罪（最高6个月）。
检方指控，今年8月，法瓦兹给自己的缓刑监督官发了多条短信，声称要杀害一名特定法官，并称自己持有大量可用于制造炸弹的化学品，还说明了如何将这些成分组合成爆炸物。被威胁的法官曾在第3巡回法院审理过法瓦兹此前的一宗刑事案件。
内塞尔在法瓦兹被提审时表示：「公务员——无论是法官、书记员、地方官员还是议员——都不应因为履职而担心自己的人身安全、甚至生命。针对任何人的这类威胁都不可接受；而当威胁针对一名因服务公共安全而履职的法院官员时，这不仅是对受害者的犯罪，也是对守护我们所有社区的制度的犯罪。」
此案由总检察长办公室2019年设立的「仇恨犯罪与国内恐怖主义组」负责起诉，该组已处理数十宗针对各级民选官员的威胁案件。检方提醒居民，如遇威胁、可疑活动或偏见动机暴力，应先联系当地警方，再向总检察长办公室报告。
司法程序中，刑事指控只是指控，被告在被证明有罪之前推定无罪。
（来源：密歇根州总检察长办公室）
Michigan Man Bound Over for Trial on Charges He Threatened to Kill a Judge and Claimed Bomb-Making Chemicals
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on November 6 that Kyle Fawaz, 31, of Howell, in Michigan's Livingston County, was bound over on Tuesday, November 3, to stand trial in the 44th Circuit Court in Livingston County for allegedly making threats against the life of a sitting circuit court judge.
Fawaz was charged in October with one count each of Making a Terroristic Threat, a 20-year felony, Use of a Computer to Commit a Crime, a 20-year felony, and Malicious Use of Telecommunications Services, a 6-month misdemeanor.
In August, Fawaz allegedly sent several text messages to his probation officer in which he allegedly stated his intent to kill a specific judge, that he possessed large quantities of chemicals that could be used to make a bomb, and explained how these components could be combined to such an effect. The judge had presided over a prior criminal case in the 3rd Circuit Court concerning Fawaz.
"Public servants, from judges to clerks to local officials and lawmakers, shouldn't have to fear for their personal safety, or their very lives, for fulfilling their duties," Nessel said at the time of Fawaz's arraignment. "Threats of this nature are unacceptable against anyone, though when they are made against an officer of the court for their service to public safety, it's a crime not only against the victim but also the institutions that keep all our communities safe."
The case is being prosecuted by the Hate Crimes and Domestic Terrorism Unit, launched by Nessel in 2019, which has taken on dozens of cases involving threats against elected officials at all levels. Residents are urged to report threats, suspicious activity and bias-motivated violence to local law enforcement first, and then to the Department of Attorney General.
In criminal proceedings, a criminal charge is merely an allegation, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
(Source: Michigan Attorney General)
来源：密歇根州总检察长办公室
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