[jrockway]

No, you missed my point. My point is that anyone can accuse anyone of a crime, so the law has to reduce the incentive for someone to make something up to get attention or revenge. "He said he would kill me," is nearly impossible to prove, so if you punish it severely, you create a cure that's worse than the disease. If you restrict it to certified letters, though, then you have a better balance.

[tedunangst]

Don't we already have laws against filing a false report? I think I agree with you, but I'm not sure that the problem you described exists.