An Iowa woman has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for using a Craigslist help-wanted ad to solicit someone to kill her father. U.S. District Judge Linda Reade gave the 87-month prison term Wednesday to 23-year-old Megan Schmidt of Dubuque. Schmidt pleaded guilty in November to using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire. In a plea agreement, Schmidt admitted that she posted Craigslist ads seeking someone to do a "one-time job" for $10,000. She later told one man who responded that she wanted her father dead and that it would be best to "either shoot or stab him because he is a bigger man." That man contacted authorities. The Dubuque County Sheriff's Office then conducted an undercover operation that led to Schmidt's arrest.

1. Do you feel the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts such as these or do you feel the internet is safe and people will do as the man in this case and alert authorities before any citizens will be harmed, injured, or in worse case scenarios, dead? 

2.What are some additional methods that can be promoted in order to make the internet a safer environment for its users?