Rep. Nancy Mace is aiming to expand federal penalties for those caught recording another person during private moments without their knowledge or consent.
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is unveiling a new bill that would expand federal penalties for video voyeurism, the act of recording someone who is naked or engaged in intimate activity without their consent or knowledge. Video voyeurism is currently a misdemeanor offense punishable by up to a year in prison and potentially hefty fines. The crime is also currently subject to state laws in places where they existed before the federal statute was passed.
That's not OK. And the people that do this, they need to go to jail, and they need to go to jail for a long time,' she added. In her state, being found guilty of voyeurism is a misdemeanor for the first offense, punishable by up to three years in prison and a maximum fine of $500. A subsequent offense is classified as a felony and carries up to five years in prison and a maximum $5,000 fine. Mace said she has heard harrowing experiences from people right in her South Carolina district.
have met women in my district that have had similar things happen to them where they are filmed without their knowledge, without their consent, and hearing the stories of these women – it happens more frequently than we realize. It's painful for them,' Mace said. 'They're fearful. The consequences are pretty weak at the state and federal level. They just don't feel like they have a way to get justice.
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