Threatening terrorism against the United States

Crime in the United States

Criminal law
Elements

* Actus reus
* Mens rea
* Causation
* Concurrence

Scope of criminal liability

* Accessory
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* Corporate
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* Principal
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Severity of offense

* Felony (or Indictable offense)
* Infraction (also called violation)
* Misdemeanor (or Summary offense)

Inchoate offenses

* Attempt
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* Incitement
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* felony
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* Robbery
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Sexual offenses

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Crimes against property

* Arson
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Crimes against justice

* Against public justice
* Justice delayed
* Compounding
* Contempt
* Malfeasance in office
* Miscarriage of justice
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* Misprision
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* Apostasy
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* Censorship violation
* Dueling
* Genocide
* Ethnic cleansing
* Hostage-taking
* Insider trading
* Smuggling
* Illegal consumption (such as prohibition of drugs, alcohol, and smoking)
* Miscegenation
* Piracy
* Political corruption
* Regicide
* Terrorism
* Usurpation
* War crimes

Crimes against animals

* Cruelty to animals
* Poaching
* Wildlife smuggling
* Bestiality

Crimes against the state

* Lèse-majesté
* Treason
* Espionage
* Secession
* Sedition
* Subversion

Defenses to liability

* Actual innocence
* Automatism
* Consent
* Defense of property
* Diminished responsibility
* Duress
* Entrapment
* Ignorantia juris non excusat
* Infancy
* Insanity
* Justification
* Might makes right
* Mistake (of law)
* Necessity
* Possession is nine-tenths of the law
* Provocation
* Sanctuary
* Self-defense
* Statute of limitations

Other common-law areas

* Contracts
* Defenses
* Evidence
* Property
* Torts
* Wills, trusts and estates

Portals

* Law

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Threatening terrorism against the United States is a class C felony punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. § 2332b(c)(1)(g). The elements of the offense are that someone willfully threatens to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily harm; the threat is made with the specific intent that it be taken as a threat; the threat is so unequivocal, unconditional, and specific as to convey a gravity of purpose and immediate prospect of execution; the threat actually causes fear in the victim; and the fear is reasonable.[1]

Laws governing such threats were passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The law was amended by the Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007.[2][3] False information and hoaxes pertaining to attacks on U.S. officials, government buildings, airplanes, etc. are also punishable under 18 U.S.C. § 1038 as a class D felony, which is punishable by up to 5 years' imprisonment.[4]

## See also

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* Disposition Matrix
* Domestic terrorism in the United States
* Stalking
* Threatening government officials of the United States
* Threatening the president of the United States

## References

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1. ^ Smith, Brent L. (9 January 2008). "Antiterrorism legislation in the United States: Problems and implications". Terrorism. 7 (2): 213–231\. doi:10.1080/10576108408435575.213-231&rft.date=2008-01-09&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080/10576108408435575&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Brent+L.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Threatening+terrorism+against+the+United+States" class="Z3988">
2. ^ "S.735 - Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007". Congress.gov. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
3. ^ Leahy, Patrick (15 April 2008). "The First Anniversary Of The Virginia Tech Tragedy". U.S. Senatory Patrick Leahy of Vermont. Retrieved 14 December 2017. (Leahy says that the School Safety and Law Enforcement Improvement Act "clarifies and strengthens two existing statutes – the Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act and the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act...")
4. ^ Cheng, Jacqui (2007-05-08). "Mooninites, meet the Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2022-05-02.

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