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2011

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What's Terrorism Got To Do With It? The Perils Of Prosecutorial Misuse Of Terrorism Offenses, Michal Buchhandler-Raphael Sep 2011

What's Terrorism Got To Do With It? The Perils Of Prosecutorial Misuse Of Terrorism Offenses, Michal Buchhandler-Raphael

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State and federal statutes contain many criminal prohibitions that are commonly perceived as terrorism-related crimes. These statutes, however, do not make the definition of terrorism -- a term whose components legislatures do not agree upon – an element of the crime. Instead, the terrorism classification is merely inferred based on features that typically characterize crimes of terrorism. These include the scope of the harm intended or inflicted, the nature of the technical measures used to carry out the attack, or the aid provided to terrorist organizations. These statutes, however, are too broad, covering a wide variety of crimes above and …


What's Terrorism Got To Do With It? The Perils Of Prosecutorial Misuse Of Terrorism Offenses, Michal Buchhandler-Raphael Aug 2011

What's Terrorism Got To Do With It? The Perils Of Prosecutorial Misuse Of Terrorism Offenses, Michal Buchhandler-Raphael

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State and federal statutes contain many criminal prohibitions that are commonly perceived as terrorism-related crimes. These statutes, however, do not make the definition of terrorism -- a term whose components legislatures do not agree upon – an element of the crime. Instead, the terrorism classification is merely inferred based on features that typically characterize crimes of terrorism. These include the scope of the harm intended or inflicted, the nature of the technical measures used to carry out the attack, or the aid provided to terrorist organizations. These statutes, however, are too broad, covering a wide variety of crimes above and …


What's Terrorism Got To Do With It? The Perils Of Prosecutorial Misuse Of Terrorism Offenses, Michal Buchhandler-Raphael Aug 2011

What's Terrorism Got To Do With It? The Perils Of Prosecutorial Misuse Of Terrorism Offenses, Michal Buchhandler-Raphael

michal buchhandler-raphael

State and federal statutes contain many criminal prohibitions that are commonly perceived as terrorism-related crimes. These statutes, however, do not make the definition of terrorism -- a term whose components legislatures do not agree upon – an element of the crime. Instead, the terrorism classification is merely inferred based on features that typically characterize crimes of terrorism. These include the scope of the harm intended or inflicted, the nature of the technical measures used to carry out the attack, or the aid provided to terrorist organizations. These statutes, however, are too broad, covering a wide variety of crimes above and …