This reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend. Apparently there was some hacker (or cracker, forgive me I am not hip to computer talk). But this guy altered some stuff on one of those massive RPG online games. His character would go up to others and rape them on the game. Some of the "victims" claim they should have a right to seek damages because they feel as if they had actually been violated. The metaphysical question is does a person exists in mind or do they exist in body? If they exist in mind, can an online representation of themselves have the same legal rights?

At anyrate the death penalty for online crimes would be really really stupid, even if the crime had real life consequences.