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Under current United States law [needs update], outlined in the USA PATRIOT Act, acts of domestic terrorism are those which: "(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State; (B) appear to be intended – (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence ...
In the United States, the relationship between race and crime has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. [1] Crime rates vary significantly between racial groups; however, academic research indicates that the over-representation of some racial minorities in the criminal justice system can in part be explained by socioeconomic factors, [2] [3] such as ...
The Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 was a bill calling for the Federal Government to have the increased ability to control and monitor financial criminals and the ability to sentence them. The Financial Anti-Terrorism Act allows: Criminals to be punished, those who were engaged in illegal money practices
Map of 2,872 terrorist incidents in the contiguous United States from 1970 to 2017. KEY: Orange: 2001–2017; Green: 1970–2000 Terrorism deaths in the United States In the United States, a common definition of terrorism is the systematic or threatened use of violence in order to create a general climate of fear to intimidate a population or government and thereby effect political, religious ...
A full century after the Tulsa Race Massacre, justice remains elusive for the victims of Greenwood and all Black victims of... View Article The post White domestic terrorism rules America 100 ...
Title VIII: Strengthening the criminal laws against terrorism is the eighth of ten titles which comprise the USA PATRIOT Act, an anti-terrorism bill passed in the United States one month after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Title VIII contains 17 sections and creates definitions of terrorism, and establishes or re-defines rules with which to ...
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) (H.R. 3210, Pub. L. 107–297 (text)) is a United States federal law signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 26, 2002. The Act created a federal "backstop" for insurance claims related to acts of terrorism. The Act "provides for a transparent system of shared public and private ...
(A) CERTIFICATION- The term 'act of terrorism' means any act that is certified by the Secretary [of Treasury], in concurrence with the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General of the United States-- (i) to be an act of terrorism; (ii) to be a violent act or an act that is dangerous to-- (I) human life; (II) property; or (III) infrastructure;