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🌱 How a Mule Creek inmate’s crime reshaped stalking and privacy laws

Ione, California Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • How a Mule Creek inmate’s crime reshaped stalking and privacy laws

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• How Actress Rebecca Schaeffer's Murder Changed Stalker Laws (aetv.com) — Residents should know that convicted murderer Robert John Bardo was once housed at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, where he survived a 2007 stabbing by another inmate. His 1989 killing of actress Rebecca Schaeffer helped spur California’s first anti-stalking law and later federal privacy protections, reshaping how authorities nationwide handle stalking and personal data.
   

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