MA+Assault

Section 13A. (a) Whoever commits an assault or an assault and battery upon another shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 21/2 years in a house of correction or by a fine of not more than $1,000.
 * CHAPTER 265. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON**
 * Chapter 265: Section 13A. Assault or assault and battery; punishment**

A summons may be issued instead of a warrant for the arrest of any person upon a complaint for a violation of any provision of this subsection if in the judgment of the court or justice receiving the complaint there is reason to believe that he will appear upon a summons. (b) Whoever commits an assault or an assault and battery: (i) upon another and by such assault and battery causes serious bodily injury; (ii) upon another who is pregnant at the time of such assault and battery, knowing or having reason to know that the person is pregnant; or (iii) upon another who he knows has an outstanding temporary or permanent vacate, restraining or no contact order or judgment issued pursuant to section 18, section 34B or 34C of chapter 208, section 32 of chapter 209, section 3, 4 or 5 of chapter 209A, or section 15 or 20 of chapter 209C, in effect against him at the time of such assault or assault and battery; shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (c) For the purposes of this section, “serious bodily injury” shall mean bodily injury that results in a permanent disfigurement, loss or impairment of a bodily function, limb or organ, or a substantial risk of death.

//[ Text of section effective until October 22, 2008. For text effective October 22, 2008, see below.]// Section 13B. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years; and whoever commits a second or subsequent such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or any term of years; provided, however, that a prosecution commenced under the provisions of this section shall not be placed on file or continued without a finding. No person serving a sentence for a second or subsequent such offense shall be eligible for furlough, temporary release, or education, training or employment programs established outside a correctional facility until such person shall have served two-thirds of such minimum sentence or if such person has two or more sentences to be served otherwise than concurrently, two-thirds of the aggregate of the minimum terms of such several sentences. In a prosecution under this section, a child under the age of fourteen years shall be deemed incapable of consenting to any conduct of the defendant for which said defendant is being prosecuted.
 * Chapter 265: Section 13B. Indecent assault and battery on child under fourteen; penalties; subsequent offenses; eligibility for parole, etc.**

//[ Text of section as amended by 2008, 205, Sec. 1 effective October 22, 2008. For text effective until October 22, 2008, see above.]// Section 13B. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years, or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2½ years. A prosecution commenced under this section shall neither be continued without a finding nor placed on file. In a prosecution under this section, a child under the age of 14 years shall be deemed incapable of consenting to any conduct of the defendant for which such defendant is being prosecuted.
 * Chapter 265: Section 13B. Indecent assault and battery on child under age of 14; penalties**


 * Chapter 265: Section 13I. Assault or assault and battery on emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, or ambulance attendant**

Section 13I. Whoever commits an assault or assault and battery on an emergency medical technician, an ambulance operator, or an ambulance attendant, while said technician, operator or attendant is treating or transporting, in the line of duty, a person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not less than ninety days nor more than two and one-half years, or by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars, or both.


 * Chapter 265: Section 15. Assault; intent to murder or maim; penalty**

Section 15. Whoever assaults another with intent to commit murder, or to maim or disfigure his person in any way described in the preceding section, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two and one half years.

Do you consider internet bullying a form of assault? Why or why not? Do you think that the consequences for assault are just or no?
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 * Scenario:** A man named Greg, gets into an argument with another man, named Dan, in a bar room. Greg proceeds to beat up Dan. Dan is severely injured and presses charges of assault against Greg. Greg is prosecuted and convicted on charges of assault.

A mob of nine people are accused of viciously attacking and beating a developmentally disabled teenager in broad daylight in Dorchester. It happened around 5 pm May 11, 2010. The victim was a 19 year-old from Mattapan. []
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